heuern

See also: Heuern

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German hüren, from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀijan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔʏ̯ɐn/
  • (file)

Verb

heuern (weak, third-person singular present heuert, past tense heuerte, past participle geheuert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (nautical, informal otherwise) to hire
    • 1965 August 25, “Der häßliche Neger”, in Der Spiegel, number 35:
      Die Neger wurden im vorgeblich nichtrassistischen Norden und Westen für Arbeitsplätze zuletzt geheuert und zuerst gefeuert.
      In the purportedly unracist North and West, the Negroes, regarding jobs, were hired last and fired first.

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Further reading

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