ur – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of ur

Noun: ur
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter

Nominative

Sg. Indef.ur
Sg. Def.uret
Pl. Indef.ur
Pl. Def.uren

Genitive

Sg. Indef.urs
Sg. Def.urets
Pl. Indef.urs
Pl. Def.urens

Sample Sentences

  • En starur drog över landet med hagel och slagregn. (A “starling ur” swept across the country with hail and hard rain.) [1969, Dagmar Edqvist, Mannen som kom hem:]
  • ᚢᛦ ᛁ Vᛅᛋᛏᛆᚿ Vᛅᚧᚱ (Precipitation in western weather) [1599, Johannes Bureus, Runakenslanes läraspån:]
  • ŭrvaͤder vaͤrʃt (Windy precipitation worst) [1600, Nicolaus Granius, Granius Vulcanius:]
  • 𝔙𝔲𝔯 𝔦 𝔚𝔞ͤʃ𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔴𝔞ͤ𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔦.𝔢. 𝔘𝔯𝔴𝔞ͤ𝔡𝔢𝔯/𝔬𝔯𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯 (Precipitation in Weastern weather, i.e. windy rain/blustery winter) [1685, Georg Stiernhielm, Anticluverius, page 156:]
  • ᚢᚱ ᛁ ᚢᛆᛋᛏᛆᚿ ᚢᛁᚱᛋᛏ (Precipitation in western worst) [1776, Sven Digelius, Runkalender i nya stilen:]

Etymology

From German Uhr, from Old French houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”). See: German Nouns 'Uhr', Latin Nouns 'hōra', Ancient Greek Nouns 'ὥρα'.

Verbs referencing "ur"

Old Norse Nouns úr.

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