yer

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   nonstandard pronunciation spelling of your

   Keep yer hands where I can see them.

2. 2
   pron

   nonstandard pronunciation spelling of you

   I will meet yer outside the station.

3. 3
   contraction

   nonstandard pronunciation spelling of you're

   Yer going to need a warmer coat.

4. 4
   adv

   dialectal pronunciation spelling of here, often in the phrase this yer

   This yer dollar belongs to the child.

5. 5
   noun

   either of two historical Cyrillic letters, ъ and ь, that once represented very short vowels

   The philologist explained how the two yers changed in later Slavic languages.

Most common as a pronunciation spelling used to represent reduced forms of your, you, you're, or here in regional speech. The linguistic noun yer is a separate term for the historical Cyrillic letters ъ and ь, from Russian naming traditions.

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