neer – English noun declension

Noun: neer

Singular	neer
Plural	neers

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like neer

soldier's woundwort, Nicosian, whopper, greypate, tactile sign language, chronotrope, Rosie Lee, dissentient, photoinactivator, sulphonediimine, coastal waterfall, residuary devise, bituminization, nitrosonaphthol, smṛiti, geosphere, backscreen, mensuralist, flocculate, flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From Middle English neere, nere, from Old English *nēora, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.
2. Cognate with Dutch nier (“kidney”), Low German nere (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Icelandic nýru (“kidney”), Latin nefrones, nefrendes, nebrundines (“testicles”), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney, testicle”). See: Middle English Nouns 'neere', Old English Nouns '*nēora', Dutch Nouns 'nier', German Nouns 'Niere', Swedish Nouns 'njure', Latin Nouns 'nefrones', Ancient Greek Nouns 'νεφρός'.