Herr
[her; English hair]
- the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
Origin of Herr
From German
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Examples from the Web for herr
Contemporary Examples
The email was sent from a private PC that did not belong to Herr Wannabe.
The CIA’s Bumbling German Spy Was More Austin Powers and Less James BondChristopher Dickey, Nadette De Visser
July 8, 2014
Herr Doktor, of course, is the notorious Josef Mengele of Auschwitz, on the run from justice.
She greeted him saying, “Herr Dr. Heim, what are you doing here?”
The written word has no greater champion than Herr Besofsky from Galicia.
Herr Glock then cleverly marketed these attributes to police departments in the United States.
Historical Examples
Herr Pastor has other functions than to preach to the living.
Camps, Quarters and Casual PlacesArchibald Forbes
And Herr Winkleman is equal to you; you have said so yourself.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
"Herr von Holzen is the most important person," replied Roden.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
Herr Erasmus has given me a small Spanish mantilla and three men's portraits.
Albert DurerT. Sturge Moore
I have spoken for you to Herr Wilibald Pirkheimer about the instrument you wanted to have.
Albert DurerT. Sturge Moore
Herr
- a German man: used before a name as a title equivalent to Mr
Word Origin
German, from Old High German herro lord
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Word Origin and History for herr
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.
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