yer
/ˈjɛ(ə)//jɝ/
yer is the pronunciation spelling of yeah.
yer is the pronunciation spelling of you.
yer is the pronunciation spelling of you're.
yer is the pronunciation spelling of your.
Meaning of yeah
Particle
yeah
- Yes.
- —You wanna get pizza for dinner? —Yeah, all right.
- Used to express acknowledgment of what was previously said.
- —You wanna get pizza for dinner? —Yeah, I think I'm gonna have leftovers instead.
- Used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
- I was walking down the road, yeah, and you know what I saw, yeah? A dog wearing a dress!
- Synonyms:
- eh
Meaning of you
Pronoun
you (second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective, possessive determiner your, possessive pronoun yours, singular reflexive yourself, plural reflexive yourselves)
- The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
- Both of you should get ready now.
- (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
- If I may counsaile you, some day or two / Your Highnesse shall repose you at the Tower [...].c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
- I charge you, as ye woll have my love, that ye warne your kynnesmen that ye woll beare that day the slyve of golde uppon your helmet.c. 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII
- The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
- You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
- The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
- You are right, Fanny, to protest against such an office, but you need not be afraid.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 208
- A person's favorite sports team.
- I get that you're from Southeast Michigan, but I'm still surprised that you're a Detroit Lions fan. You have been on the receiving end of losing seasons for a while now.
Noun (1)
yer (plural yers)
Noun (2) capitalized: Yer
Yer (plural Yers)
- A member of Generation Y.
Forms of yer
| plural | yers |
|---|---|
| plural | Yers |
Origin of yer
Most likely from the intrusive R, between "yeah" (/jəː/) and a non-high vowel (/ə/, /ɪə/, /ɑː/, /ɔː/). For example, "Yeah-r-I know" (/jəɹ ʌɪ nəʊ/).
Borrowed from Russian ер (jer, “ъ”) and ерь (jerʹ, “ь”).
From you.
Words formed from yer
Phrases with yer
Words that rhyme with yer
Questions about yer
- What does yer mean?
- Yer means either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.
- What is yer the pronunciation spelling of?
- Yer is the pronunciation spelling of yeah.
- What part of speech is yer?
- Yer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce yer?
- Yer is pronounced /ˈjɛ(ə)/.
- What is the plural of yer?
- The plural of yer is yers.
Words near yer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: yer (page history and authors); Yer (page history and authors); yeah (page history and authors); you (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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