An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/heuer

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heuer, adverb, from the equivalent Middle High German hiure, Old High German hiuru, adverb, ‘in this year’; derived from hiu jâru (see Jahr), the chief accent being placed on the pronoun. Respecting hiu see heute, in which the component parts are equally obscure.