Adjective: kirre
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | kirrer |
| feminine | kirre |
| neuter | kirres |
| plural | kirre |
Genitive
| masculine | kirren |
| feminine | kirrer |
| neuter | kirren |
| plural | kirrer |
Dative
| masculine | kirrem |
| feminine | kirrer |
| neuter | kirrem |
| plural | kirren |
Accusative
| masculine | kirren |
| feminine | kirre |
| neuter | kirres |
| plural | kirre |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der kirre |
| feminine | die kirre |
| neuter | das kirre |
| plural | die kirren |
Genitive
| masculine | des kirren |
| feminine | der kirren |
| neuter | des kirren |
| plural | der kirren |
Dative
| masculine | dem kirren |
| feminine | der kirren |
| neuter | dem kirren |
| plural | den kirren |
Accusative
| masculine | den kirren |
| feminine | die kirre |
| neuter | das kirre |
| plural | die kirren |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein kirrer |
| feminine | eine kirre |
| neuter | ein kirres |
| plural | kirren |
Genitive
| masculine | eines kirren |
| feminine | einer kirren |
| neuter | eines kirren |
| plural | kirren |
Dative
| masculine | einem kirren |
| feminine | einer kirren |
| neuter | einem kirren |
| plural | kirren |
Accusative
| masculine | einen kirren |
| feminine | eine kirre |
| neuter | ein kirres |
| plural | kirren |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | kirre |
| Comparative | kirrer |
| Superlative | am kirrsten; am kirresten |
Sample Sentences
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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!)
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Du machst mich ja ganz kirre in diesem neuen Kleid... (You’re getting me all mixed up in this new dress...)
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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.)
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”). See: Gothic Adjectives '
𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌿𐍃'.
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