herro

See also: herró

English

Alternative forms
  • harro

Interjection

herro

  1. (slang) Pronunciation spelling of hello.

Usage notes

Generally used by people with an interest of Japanese culture.

Anagrams

Old Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German hērro.

Noun

hērro m

  1. master, lord

Inflection
Declension of herro (masculine weak n-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative hērro hērron, -un
accusative hērro hērron, -un
genitive hērrin hērrono
dative hērron, -in hērron

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • hērduom
  • kirikahērro
  • lēnhērro

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

Further reading
  • “hērro”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

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
accusative hērron hērron
genitive hērren hērrōno
dative hērren hērrōm

Derived terms

Descendants

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