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er

Pronunciation: /ɛr/

“er” is a Dutch word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. there (can refer to any place, used when not emphasizing the distance to the speaker, see usage notes)
  2. there (used in more constructions than in English, often not translated)
  3. of them, of those (often not translated in English)

Etymology

Weak form of der, the unstressed form of daar ("there")

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