määr

See also: maar and Maar

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German mære (renowned, well-known, marvelous)[1][2], from Old High German mārī, from Proto-West Germanic *mārī, from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz. Related to Alemannic German Määrli, German Märchen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛːr/

Adjective

määr (Central Switzerland)

  1. lovely, precious, pleasant
  2. Used to indicate a preference.
    Synonym: gärn
    Das tuen-i määr.I like doing this.

References

Further reading

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ме́ра (méra), from Old East Slavic мѣра (měra), from Proto-Slavic *měra; compare Finnish määrä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæːr/

Noun

määr (genitive määra, partitive määra)

  1. (metrology) amount, quantity (fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement)
    Synonyms: aste, hulk, jagu, kogus, kvantum, mõõt, nivoo, sisaldus, suurus, tase, ulatus
  2. (taxation) norm, tariff (schedule of rates, fees or prices)
    Synonyms: limiit, norm, piirnorm, taks, tariif, ulatus

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • kuumäär
  • määraja
  • määrosa
  • osamäär
pronoun
  • määrane

Further reading

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