Er

Er

1. (chemistry) Symbol for erbium.

• er (for the pronoun; common spelling)

• IPA^(key): /eːɐ̯/

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Er m

1. a person or animal of male gender, a male

   Synonym: Männchen

   Antonym: Sie f

Er

1. (archaic) you (form of address to a male person of lower social standing than the speaker)

   Was möchte Er von mir?

   What do you want from me?

   (literally, “What does he want from me?”)

   • 1821, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre [Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years]‎, volume 3:

     Der alte Herr empfing mich mit großer Gravität, besah mich von oben bis unten, als ob er meine Geschicklichkeit aus mir herausphysiognomieren wollte. "Versteht Er Sein Handwerk?" sagte er zu mir.

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This form of address sounds very archaic and is only used humorously or in some dialects (especially Berlin, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg), sometimes called Berliner Er. The common polite form of address is Sie.

• erzen

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

Borrowed from Old Uyghur Er (“man”). Compare Turkish Er, Kyrgyz Erjan, and many other Turkic names.

Er m

1. a male given name

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “Er”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 98

Er

1. a male given name