"sehr" meaning in German

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Adverb

IPA: /zeːr/, [zeːɐ̯], [zɛɐ̯] [Germany], /seːɐ̯/, [-ɛɐ̯] [Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland] Audio: De-sehr.ogg [Germany], De-at-sehr.ogg [Austria], De-sehr2.ogg [Germany, Berlin] Forms: mehr [comparative], am meisten [superlative]
Rhymes: -eːɐ̯ Etymology: From Middle High German sēr, from Old High German sēr (“sored, injured”), from Proto-West Germanic *sair. Compare Dutch zeer and English sorely for a similar semantic development. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|sēr}} Middle High German sēr, {{inh|de|goh|sēr||sored, injured}} Old High German sēr (“sored, injured”), {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*sair}} Proto-West Germanic *sair, {{cog|nl|zeer}} Dutch zeer, {{m+|en|sorely}} English sorely Head templates: {{head|de|adverb|comparative|mehr|superlative|am meisten|head=|sort=}} sehr (comparative mehr, superlative am meisten), {{de-adv|mehr|meisten}} sehr (comparative mehr, superlative am meisten)
  1. very
    Sense id: en-sehr-de-adv-TGpIOfg9
  2. a lot, much
    Sense id: en-sehr-de-adv-4y9oss8E Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: versehren
Synonyms: außerordentlich, äußerst, ausgenommen, ausnehmend, derbe [Northern], derbst, echt [colloquial], enorm, erstaunlich, extrem [colloquial, proscribed], extremst [colloquial, proscribed], furchtbar, fürchterlich, gar [archaic], geisteskrank, heftig [colloquial], heftigst [colloquial], hoch-, hochgradig, kolossal [dated], krank, krass [colloquial], mächtig [colloquial], massiv, mega, scheiße [vulgar], schrecklich [dated], schreiend, sehr, selten [colloquial, proscribed], sündhaft, tief-, tod- [colloquial], ungeheuer, unglaublich, unheimlich, verdammt [colloquial], verflucht [informal], voll, übel, übelst, übertrieben
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      "word": "mächtig"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "word": "massiv"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "word": "mega"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "scheiße"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "schrecklich"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "word": "schreiend"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "word": "sehr"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "proscribed"
      ],
      "word": "selten"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "word": "sündhaft"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "word": "tief-"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "tod-"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "word": "ungeheuer"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "word": "unglaublich"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "word": "unheimlich"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "verdammt"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "verflucht"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "word": "voll"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "word": "übel"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "word": "übelst"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sehr",
      "word": "übertrieben"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sehr"
}

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