herro

See also: herró

English

Alternative forms

Interjection

herro

  1. (offensive) Pronunciation spelling of hello.

Usage notes

Generally used in mockery of East Asians, based on a Japanese pronunciation.

Anagrams

Old Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German hērro.

Noun

hērro m

  1. master, lord

Inflection
Declension of herro (masculine weak n-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative hērro hērron, -un
accusative hērro hērron, -un
genitive hērrin hērrono
dative hērron, -in hērron

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • hērduom
  • kirikahērro
  • lēnhērro

Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: hêre
    • Dutch: heer
    • Limburgish: hieër

Further reading
  • “hērro”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier hērōro, comparative form of hēr (“gray-haired, old; noble, venerable”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey; old, distinguished”). Compare the same semantic development from Latin senior to Old French seignor, whence the feudal meaning was loaned to Old High German in Carolingian times.

Noun

hērro m

  1. lord, master

Declension
Declension of hērro (masculine n-stem)
case singular plural
nominative hērro hērron, hērrun
accusative hērron, hērrun hērron, hērrun
genitive hērren, hērrin hērrōno
dative hērren, hērrin hērrōm, hērrōn

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle High German: herre
    • Alemannic German: Heer
    • Cimbrian: hear, hèere
    • Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Herr, hër
    • German: Herr
    • Rhine Franconian:
      Pennsylvania German: Harr
    • Yiddish: הער (her)

References
  1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
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