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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "uhr" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "uhr" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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Is it a thing in the Berlin / Brandenburg Dialect to contract the time and “uhr” so that, for example “Zehn Uhr” would become something like “Zehner”. or “Zehna”
I was at the drs earlier and kind of only half listening to the receptionists talking to someone but I’m pretty sure this was used (?) They speak Berlinish there so I thought maybe its a thing..
I think you might be referring to “Zehne” “Neune”, “Achte”, “Ölwe” and so on.
I do say that, but I never ever felt it as an abbreviated version of “Uhr”. To me, it feels like the additional “flow”-e that the dialect sometimes adds. Like “icke”.
Yeah, that makes sense, Zehne then. I’m never sure know how to spell dialect that i’ve heard. Thanks!
Btw – do you really notice the difference between ending er and e in spoken form?
Yes!
“er” sounds like a lazy “a”, “e” is “e”… I’m too lazy to IPA this stuff, but yes, that difference does objectively exist, imo (as opposed to the difference between spoken “ein” and “ein’n” which I am not sure if it’s just in my head)