kirre

Dutch

Verb

kirre

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of kirren

Estonian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Noun

kirre (genitive kirde, partitive kirret)

  1. north-east

Declension

Declension of kirre (ÕS type 6/mõte, rd-rr gradation)
singular plural
nominative kirre kirded
accusative nom.
gen. kirde
genitive kirrete
partitive kirret kirdeid
illative kirdesse kirretesse
kirdeisse
inessive kirdes kirretes
kirdeis
elative kirdest kirretest
kirdeist
allative kirdele kirretele
kirdeile
adessive kirdel kirretel
kirdeil
ablative kirdelt kirretelt
kirdeilt
translative kirdeks kirreteks
kirdeiks
terminative kirdeni kirreteni
essive kirdena kirretena
abessive kirdeta kirreteta
comitative kirdega kirretega

Coordinate terms

  • (compass points)
loe põhi kirre
lääs ida
edel lõuna kagu

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kirre (docile), unrounding of kürre, from Old High German *quirri, *querri, from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz (calm). Cognate with Danish kvær, Swedish kvar, Gothic 𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌿𐍃 (qairrus). The semantic development from “docile” to “confused” may have occurred in the context of flirting (kirre machen originally “make weak, amenable”, now usually understood as “make unable to think straight”); likely reinforced by the rhyming word irre (mad).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪʁə/
  • (file)

Adjective

kirre (strong nominative masculine singular kirrer, comparative kirrer, superlative am kirrsten or am kirresten)

  1. (chiefly predicative) not thinking straight, confused, nervous or slightly hysteric
    Lass dich von dem Finanzberater mit seinem Gesäusel bloß nicht kirre machen!
    Don’t let that financial consultant get to you (make you confused or insecure) with his smooth-talk!
    Du machst mich ja ganz kirre in diesem neuen Kleid...
    You’re getting me all mixed up in this new dress...
    Jetzt seid mal kurz still! Ich werd hier noch kirre.
    Now all of you shut up for once! I’m about to lose my head in here.
  2. (hunting, ornithology) tame, accepting human fodder
  3. (otherwise archaic) tame, docile

Declension

Derived terms

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