herro

See also: herró

English

Alternative forms

• harro

Interjection

herro

1. (offensive) Pronunciation spelling of hello.

Usage notes

Generally used in mockery of East Asians, based on a Japanese pronunciation.

Anagrams

• Hoerr, Rehor, Roehr

Old Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German hērro.

Noun

hērro m

1. master, lord

Inflection

Declension of hērro (masculine an-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	hērro	hērron
accusative	hērron	hērron
genitive	hērrin	hērrono
dative	hērrin	hērron

Alternative forms

• hēro

Derived terms

• hērduom
• kirikahērro
• lēnhērro

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: hêre
  • Dutch: heer
    • Afrikaans: heer
  • Limburgish: hieër

Further reading

• “hērro”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

• hēriro, hēro

Etymology

From earlier hērōro, comparative form of hēr (“gray-haired, old; noble, venerable”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey; old, distinguished”). Compare the same semantic development from Latin senior to Old French seignor, whence the feudal meaning was loaned to Old High German in Carolingian times.

Noun

hērro m

1. lord, master

Declension

Declension of hērro (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	hērro	hērron, hērrun
accusative	hērron, hērrun	hērron, hērrun
genitive	hērren, hērrin	hērrōno
dative	hērren, hērrin	hērrōm, hērrōn

Derived terms

• weralthēriro

Descendants

• Middle High German: herre
  • Alemannic German: Heer
  • Cimbrian: hear, hèere (Sette Comuni)
  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Herr, hër

  • German: Herr
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Harr

  • Yiddish: הער (her)

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition