Hure

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See also: hure, hüre, and hůře

English

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Etymology

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Proper noun

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Hure

  1. A banner (a type of administrative division) in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China.
    • 2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “literature”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire[1], Facts on File, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 337, column 2:
      The first Inner Mongolian modern prose work was “Struggling in a Sea of Suffering” (Gashigun-u dotorakhi telchilegchi khemekhü üliger, 1940) by Rinchinkhorlo (1904-63) of Khüriye (Hure) banner, who also translated an American detective story from Japanese into Mongolian.

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German huore, from Old High German huora, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (dear, loved). Cognate with Dutch hoer, English whore, Danish hore, Swedish hora.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Hure f (genitive Hure, plural Huren, diminutive Hürchen n or Hürlein n, masculine Hurer or Hurenbock) (masculine forms denote clients)

  1. (mildly vulgar) whore (female prostitute)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Prostituierte
  2. (vulgar, derogatory) whore; slut (sexually unreserved woman); fornicatrix, fornicator (female)

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Lower Sorbian: hura

Further reading

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  • Hure” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Hure” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Hure” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

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Noun

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Hure

  1. plural of Hur