Hure

See also: hure, hüre, and hůře

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Hure

  1. A banner (a type of administrative division) in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China.
    • 2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “literature”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, Facts on File, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 337, column 2:
      The first Inner Mongolian modern prose work was “Struggling in a Sea of Suffering” (Gashigun-u dotorakhi telchilegchi khemekhü üliger, 1940) by Rinchinkhorlo (1904-63) of Khüriye (Hure) banner, who also translated an American detective story from Japanese into Mongolian.

Translations

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German huore, from Old High German huora, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (dear, loved). Cognate with Dutch hoer, English whore, Danish hore, Swedish hora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuːʁə/
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  • Rhymes: -uːʁə

Noun

Hure f (genitive Hure, plural Huren, diminutive Hürchen n or Hürlein n, masculine Hurer or Hurenbock) (masculine forms denote clients)

  1. (mildly vulgar) whore (female prostitute)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Prostituierte
  2. (vulgar, derogatory) whore; slut (sexually unreserved woman); fornicatrix, fornicator (female)

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Lower Sorbian: hura

Further reading

  • Hure” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Hure” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Hure” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Hure

  1. plural of Hur
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