FromProto-Albanian*skarna, fromProto-Indo-European*sker-(“to cut”). Related toharr.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /hɛr/

herr f (pluralherra, definiteherri, definite pluralherrat)

1. dwarf,smallcreature

• harr
• harrje
• harlë

Formed fromherre(“gentleman, master”) by the same mechanism asgrev,kong,fru. Note that Danish usually doesn't allow double consonants in non-intervocalic contexts.

herr

1. (dated)mister (title)
   • 1942, Carlo Andersen,Politiet beder os efterlyse, Lindhardt og Ringhof,→ISBN:

     »Det var et ganske besynderligt Indkøb,Herr Jensen,« indrømmede Wengel, i et krampagtigt Forsøg paa at oparbejde den fornødne Interesse.

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   • 1921,Ingeniøren: ugeblad udgivet af Dansk Ingeniørforening:

     Vi undlader dog ikke at bemærke, at vi, forinden Prøven blev afholdt, paa alle Maader søgte at overbeviseHerr Jensen om, at en sammenlignende Prøve foretaget paa den Maade vilde være spildt Ulejlighed.

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

Today, appears almost exclusively in the abbreviated formhr.

FromProto-Norseᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨ(harja) (accusative), fromProto-Germanic*harjaz, fromProto-Indo-European*ker-(“war”).

herr m (genitiveherjar)

1. crowd,multitude;host (as in a host of men)
2. army,host,troops (on land or sea)
3. (in theplural)men,warriors

• einherjar pl(“dead warriors in Valhalla”)
• landherr(“land-host”)
• -arr(see there)

• Herjann

• Icelandic:her
• Faroese:herur
• Norwegian Nynorsk:her
• Old Swedish:hær
  • Swedish:här
• Danish:hær
  • Norwegian Bokmål:hær
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk:hær

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “herr”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at theInternet Archive

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Clipping ofherre. Likely influenced byMiddle Low Germanher andGermanHerr.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛr/,[hærː]

herr c

1. (dated, formal)Mr.,Mister,gentleman,sir (respectful term of address or title for an adult male)

   Coordinate term:fru

   Harherr Nilsson ringt än?

   HasMr. Nilsson called yet?

   Ja,herr president!

   Yes,Mr. President!

   Vad villherrn ha till efterrätt?

   What would you like for dessert,sir? [What wouldthe gentleman like for dessert?]

Since theyou-reform of the 1960s and '70s, using first names is generally preferred, except in the most formal settings. For example, a male speaker of theRiksdag is customarily addressed asherr talman ("Mr. Speaker").

• herr inSvenska Akademiens ordböcker

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