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HERR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: herren   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A German courtesy title or form of address for a man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Herr" is a kind of...):

form of address; title; title of respect (an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. 'Mr.' or 'General')

Domain category:

German; German language; High German (the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Herr" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

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