Herr
pronunciation
How to pronounce Herr in British English:
UK [hɛə]
How to pronounce Herr in American English:
US [hɛr]
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- Noun:
- a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English
Word Origin
- Herr
- German equivalent of Mr., 1650s, originally "nobler, superior," from Middle High German herre, from Old High German herro, comparative of her "noble, worthy, exalted," from PIE *kei-, a color adjective, in suffixed form *koi-ro- here meaning "gray, hoary," hence "gray-haired, venerable." Cognate with Old Frisian hera, Dutch heer; perhaps in this usage a loan-translation of Latin senior. Hence also Herrenvolk "master race," in Nazi ideology, the concept of the German people.
Example
- 1. From the gallery in munich that herr kleiner handled .
- 2. To-day herr gring , the prussian commissioner for the ministry of the interior , issued an order to the storm troops calling for stricter discipline , and asking them to refrain from acts of violence , but the order does not yet appear to have had the desired effect .
- 3. Asked herr sesemann as he went on calmly drinking his wine .
- 4. " Climbing was my life 's passion , " says dr herr .
- 5. East german authorities shut the hotel in the 1950s - it lay inside the sperrgebiet - and mr. herr 's father fled to frankfurt .