Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Ohr (southern Moselle Franconian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uə̯/

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch ūre.

Alternative forms

• Ouher (Moselle Franconian)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Uhr f ‎(plural Uhre, diminutive Ührche)

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

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German ūre, which stems via Middle Dutch from Latin hōra ‎(“hour”). Borrowed into Early Modern German, the word soon developed the sense “timing device”, not present in other languages. Compare Dutch uur, English hour, French heure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuːɐ̯/
• Homophones: ur-, Ur
• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

Noun

Uhr f ‎(genitive Uhr, plural Uhren)

1. (invariable) hour as a unit of clock time; o'clock

   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 (timing device)

   Meine Uhr geht nach.

   My watch is running slow.

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

   Wasseruhr — water meter

   Gasuhr — gas meter

Declension

Derived terms

• Kirchturmuhr ‎(“church tower clock”)
• Kontrolluhr
• rund um die Uhr ‎(“around the clock, 24/7”)
• Stechuhr ‎(“time clock, punch clock”)
• Stempeluhr ‎(“time clock, punch clock”)
• Uhrmacher ‎(“clockmaker, watchmaker, horologist”)
• Uhrwerk ‎(“clockwork”)

German Low German

Noun

Uhr n (plural has not been set)

1. Alternative spelling of Ur

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Ohr (southern Moselle Franconian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uə̯/

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch ūre.

Alternative forms

• Ouher (Moselle Franconian)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Uhr f ‎(plural Uhre, diminutive Ührche)

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

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German ūre, which stems via Middle Dutch from Latin hōra ‎(“hour”). Borrowed into Early Modern German, the word soon developed the sense “timing device”, not present in other languages. Compare Dutch uur, English hour, French heure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuːɐ̯/
• Homophones: ur-, Ur
• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

Noun

Uhr f ‎(genitive Uhr, plural Uhren)

1. (invariable) hour as a unit of clock time; o'clock

   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 (timing device)

   Meine Uhr geht nach.

   My watch is running slow.

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

   Wasseruhr — water meter

   Gasuhr — gas meter

Declension

Derived terms

• Kirchturmuhr ‎(“church tower clock”)
• Kontrolluhr
• rund um die Uhr ‎(“around the clock, 24/7”)
• Stechuhr ‎(“time clock, punch clock”)
• Stempeluhr ‎(“time clock, punch clock”)
• Uhrmacher ‎(“clockmaker, watchmaker, horologist”)
• Uhrwerk ‎(“clockwork”)

German Low German

Noun

Uhr n (plural has not been set)

1. Alternative spelling of Ur