Herr

[ her; English hair ]

/ hɛr; English hɛər /

the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.

Origin of Herr

From German

The email was sent from a private PC that did not belong to Herr Wannabe.

The CIA’s Bumbling German Spy Was More Austin Powers and Less James Bond |Christopher Dickey, Nadette De Visser |July 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Herr Doktor, of course, is the notorious Josef Mengele of Auschwitz, on the run from justice.

Holocaust Horrors Haunt the Films ‘Ida’ And ‘The German Doctor’ |Jack Schwartz |May 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She greeted him saying, “Herr Dr. Heim, what are you doing here?”

Hunting Down Aribert Heim, Egypt’s Hidden Nazi |Nicholas Kulish, Souad Mekhennet |March 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The written word has no greater champion than Herr Besofsky from Galicia.

Joseph Roth’s Letters Reveal a Great Forgotten Writer |Anthony Heilbut |February 10, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Herr Glock then cleverly marketed these attributes to police departments in the United States.

‘Glock’ by Paul Barrett: Interview and Excerpt |The Daily Beast |January 8, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
I—perhaps there is some place you wish me to go now, Herr Stohl?

Dave Dawson on the Russian Front |R. Sidney Bowen
I take your orders in all things, Herr Schwartzmann—all but this.

Brood of the Dark Moon |Charles Willard Diffin
"Much obliged to him," said Alban, dryly, and perhaps it was as well that Herr Amiability did not catch the tone of it.

Aladdin of London |Sir Max Pemberton
"We're going some, Herr Roque, when we come up to your standard," replied Henri.

Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany |Horace Porter
It was only owing to the urgent objections of Herr von Knobelsdorff that he walked in the procession behind the pages.

Royal Highness |Thomas Mann

Herr

/ (German hɛr) /

a German man: used before a name as a title equivalent to Mr

German, from Old High German herro lord