Hure
English
Etymology
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Proper noun
Hure
- 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.
German
Alternative forms
- H*re (censored)
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/
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uːʁə
Noun
Hure f (genitive Hure, plural Huren, diminutive Hürchen n or Hürlein n, masculine Hurer or Hurenbock) (masculine forms denote clients)
- (mildly vulgar) whore (female prostitute)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Prostituierte
- (vulgar, derogatory) whore; slut (sexually unreserved woman); fornicatrix, fornicator (female)
Declension
Hyponyms
- Asphaltschwalbe f
- Bordsteinfreundin f
- Bordsteinschwalbe f
- Strichmädchen n
Descendants
- → Lower Sorbian: hura
Pennsylvania German
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