köken: Chiefly from haplology of Middle High German ērer, from Old High German ēriro, from Proto-Germanic *airizô. Compare Dutch eerder. Likely conflated with Middle High German ēr, a rarer byform of ē (whence modern eh, ehe), from Old High German ēr, from Proto-Germanic *airiz, adverbial form of the above. Cognate with Dutch eer, English ere, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐍃 (airis). The final /r/ was regularly lost in…
Es tut mir leid, aber ich konnte nicht eher kommen.
Es scheint eher unwahrscheinlich, dass sie je ins Ausland geht.
Eine Paketbombe, die Anfang vergangener Woche im Kanzleramt eintraf, war von eher geringer Sprengkraft.
I mean; actually (introduces the correction of a mistake in one’s own remark) · by the way (introduces a remark of lesser relevance) · furthermore; what's more (introduces a further remark)
denotes hesitation but a preference towards something; rather; fairly, kind of · used to state that a given trait is more apt to describe something as opposed to another; rather; not · used to replace a previously used word; no wait; actually
köken: Etymology tree Old Polish radszej Polish raczej Inherited from Old Polish radszej. (comparative degree of rado (“willingly”)) with an affrication of -dsz- due to frequent use. For a similar affrication, compare przecież.
köken: ליבער (liber) + ־שט (-sht); irregular formation as the comparative suffix is normally added to the bare stem, not the comparative form. Compare regular superlative ליבסט (libst).