HERR (herren)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: herren   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Herr mean? 

• HERR (noun)
  The noun HERR has 2 senses:

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

2. a German courtesy title or form of address for a man

  Familiarity information: HERR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERR (noun)

Sense 1

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))

Sense 2

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)

 Context examples 

Just before I was leaving, the old lady came up to my room and said in a very hysterical way: "Must you go? Oh! young Herr, must you go?"

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Here is Herr Heidegger, sure enough!” cried Holmes, exultantly.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Give me the Herr's luggage," said the driver; and with exceeding alacrity my bags were handed out and put in the calèche.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

When I came close she bowed and said, "The Herr Englishman?"

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

One of the letters was directed to Samuel F. Billington, No. 7, The Crescent, Whitby, another to Herr Leutner, Varna; the third was to Coutts & Co., London, and the fourth to Herren Klopstock & Billreuth, bankers, Buda-Pesth.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The man stammered in reply:—"The English Herr was in a hurry," to which the stranger replied:—"That is why, I suppose, you wished him to go on to Bukovina. You cannot deceive me, my friend; I know too much, and my horses are swift."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Then turning to me, he said in German worse than my own:—"There is no carriage here. The Herr is not expected after all. He will now come on to Bukovina, and return to-morrow or the next day; better the next day."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

As they sank into the darkness I felt a strange chill, and a lonely feeling came over me; but a cloak was thrown over my shoulders, and a rug across my knees, and the driver said in excellent German:—"The night is chill, mein Herr, and my master the Count bade me take all care of you. There is a flask of slivovitz (the plum brandy of the country) underneath the seat, if you should require it."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)