ur-

From German ur-, originally from Old High German ir-, ur- (“thoroughly”),[1] from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), from Proto-Indo-European *uds- (“up, out”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (same meaning). Cognate with Dutch oer-, English or-.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʊə/, /ɜː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɝ/

ur-

1. Forming words with the sense of “proto-, primitive, original”.
   • 2003, John Adcox, 'Can Fantasy be Myth? Mythopoeia and The Lord of the Rings', The Newsletter of the Mythic Imagination Institute:

     Some stories reach deeper, into the most primal and profound truths. They mirror, in new and original ways, the Ur-myth, the act of creation itself.

   • 2007, Max Rodenbeck; ‘Lebanon's Agony’, New York Review of Books, volume 54, number 11:

     Lebanon ultimately remains hostage to the regional ur-conflict over Palestine.

• arch-, archi-, archo-

• Urheimat, urheimat

• Ru.

ur-

1. ur-, proto-

From Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, ir- (“thoroughly”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /uːɐ̯/, [ʔuːɐ̯] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ʊʁ/, [ʔʊɐ̯] (by a common merger)

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ur-

1. ur- (proto-, primitive, original)[1]

   ‎ur- + ‎Schrei (“scream”) → ‎Urschrei (“primal scream”)

   ‎ur- + ‎Wald (“forest”) → ‎Urwald (“primeval forest”)

2. great-; indicates an additional generation of separation between relatives

   ‎ur- + ‎Opa (“grandfather”) → ‎Uropa (“great-grandfather”)

3. (especially Austria) very; used to intensify adjectives

   ‎ur- + ‎alt (“old”) → ‎uralt (“ancient”)

   ‎ur- + ‎gemütlich (“cosy”) → ‎urgemütlich (“very cosy”)

4. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (in some old inherited nouns) Alternative form of er-

• → English: ur-
• → Dutch: oer-

ur-

1. Romanization of 𐌿𐍂-

From Old Irish er. Akin to ar.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ʊɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʌɾˠ/

ur-

1. before, ante-, pro-; over-
2. (intensifying) very
3. Alternative form of for- (“over, superior, super-; outer, external; great, extreme”)

• an-
• ro-

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ur-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From German ur-.

ur-

1. primeval, primordial, primitive, proto-
2. first, original
3. exceedingly, extremely, very (in adjectives)

• “ur-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German ur-.

ur-

1. primeval, primordial, primitive, proto-
2. first, original
3. exceedingly, extremely, very (in adjectives)

• “ur-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-.

ur-

1. thoroughly[1]

• Middle High German: ur-
  • German: ur-
    • → English: ur-
    • → Dutch: oer-
  • Yiddish: אור־‎ (ur-)

ur-

1. (colloquial, intensifier) very, super-

   Han är urgammal ― He's super old

   Hon är urfånig ― She's super silly

   Synonyms: as-, gör-, jätte-, skit-, svin-, vrål-, bauta-

2. aboriginal, primeval, proto-, original (with general connotations of old)

• Can be put before virtually any adjective or adverb as an intensifier.
• Gives connotations of ancient when put before nouns. "Urhammaren" could be translated as "the ancient hammer" without further context.

• urdjur (“Protozoa”)
• urinvånare (“indigenous people”)
• urskog (“primeval forest”)
• urusel (“godawful”)