Uhr

From Old High German ōra.

• IPA^(key): /uə̯/

Uhr n (plural Uhre, diminutive Ührche)

1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) ear

   Wann de schlääch hürs, wäsch der de Föß, datt der Dreck us de Uhre nohrötsch.

   Wash your feet if you can’t hear well, so that the dirt from your ears can slide down.

• Ohr (southern Moselle Franconian)

From Middle Dutch ūre.

• IPA^(key): /uə̯/ (in some dialects distinguished from etymology 1 by tone)

Uhr f (plural Uhre, diminutive Ührche)

1. (Ripuarian) watch; clock
2. (Ripuarian) o'clock

• Ouher (Moselle Franconian)

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From late Middle High German ūre, from Middle Low German ûre (“hour”), from Middle Dutch ure, from Old Dutch *ūra, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”). The word was borrowed in the late 14th century when the diphthongization of -ū- into -ou-, -au- was already complete in most dialects; a shifted form exists, however, in dialects (compare Luxembourgish Auer). In German, the word early on developed the sense “timing device”, not present in other languages. Compare further Dutch uur, English hour, French heure.

• IPA^(key): /uːr/, [ʔu(ː)ɐ̯]
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• Homophones: ur-, Ur
• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

Uhr f (genitive Uhr, plural Uhren)

1. (invariable) hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period)

   Es ist vier Uhr. ― It is four o'clock.

   Es ist vier Uhr zwölf. ― It is twelve minutes past four.

   Wieviel Uhr ist es? ― What time is it?

2. clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time)

   Hyponyms: Armbanduhr, Standuhr, Wanduhr

   Meine Uhr geht nach.

   My watch is running slow.

3. (in compounds) meter; gauge (a kind of measuring device, typically for water and gas consumption)

   Wasseruhr ― water meter

   Gasuhr ― gas meter

4. (informal) clockwise direction

   Synonym: Uhrzeigersinn

   mit der Uhr ― clockwise

   gegen die Uhr ― widdershins, counterclockwise

• → Serbo-Croatian: ura / ура
• → Slovene: ura

• “Uhr” in Duden online
• “Uhr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Uhr n (plural has not been set)

1. Alternative spelling of Ur

Compare German Uhr, Dutch uur.

Uhr f (plural Uhre)

1. clock
2. o'clock

• Hausuhr