Herr — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A surname.

Noun

1. Used as a courtesy title before the surname of a German-speaking man.

   Synonyms

   Hr.

   Examples

   The principal singers we now learn are to be Mdlles. Krall and Jenny Meyer, Herren Schneider and Stepan.

   More examples (1)

   On a variety of drawings being lately exhibited for a new town hall in one of the German capitals, a certain design of Herren Schmidt and Stauch attracted considerable attention among the art-loving public of the Fatherland, but as it happened to become a subject of jobbery, and was not to be accepted in consequence, would have been hardly accessible to larger circles of connoisseurs, without the invention of the new art.

   They stand in the poses of the two provincials—Herren Müller and Schultze—whose conversations (and portraits) were a regular column in the satirical paper.

Proper noun

1. A surname.

Proper noun

1. An unincorporated community in Perry Township, Boone County, Indiana, United States.

Noun

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

   Broader terms

   manadult male

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

   Broader terms

   titletitle of respectform of address