How do native speakers pronounce "er" in English?

In natural English speech, "er" appears in contexts such as: "er ichchet für das passier Geer". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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How to pronounce“er”in English

IPA/ɜɹ/

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Definitions of “er”

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interjection

Said when hesitating in speech.

““Er...Feathered Omen, hoot not,” he continued uneasily, “Son of Tanit, hoot not!””

Synonyms:ah eh erm uh

verb

To utter the word er when hesitating in speech.

“um and er”

Synonyms:ah eh um hem and haw

noun

An occurrence of the interjection "er".

“Although Shakespeare refers to “hums and ha’s,” sifting through etiquette manuals and public-speaking guides turns up scant evidence of a prohibition against ums, ers and uhs, which are profuse in the first recording of Thomas Edison’s voice, in 1888. Mr. Erard, rather ingeniously, traces the prohibition on um and other speech flaws to the advent of radio in the early 1920s.”

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