dwars

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dwers, from Old Dutch *thweres, genitive form of Proto-West Germanic *þwerh, from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz (“cross, adverse”).

Cognates include English thwart and queer, Swedish tvär, Danish tvært, German quer, Gothic 𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍃 (þwairhs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʋɑrs/

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• Hyphenation: dwars
• Rhymes: -ɑrs

Adjective

dwars (comparative dwarser, superlative meest dwars or dwarst)

1. in a crosswise direction, transverse, at right angles
2. slantwise, diagonal, askew
3. rebellious, stubbornly disobedient

Inflection

Inflection of dwars
uninflected	dwars
inflected	dwarse
comparative	dwarser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		dwars	dwarser	het dwarst het dwarste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	dwarse	dwarsere	dwarste
	n. sing.	dwars	dwarser	dwarste
	plural	dwarse	dwarsere	dwarste
definite		dwarse	dwarsere	dwarste
partitive		dwars	dwarsers	—

Synonyms

• (rebellious): weerbarstig
• (slantwise): scheef

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: dwās
• Negerhollands: dwars
• → Papiamentu: duars, dwars, duash (Aruba)

German

Etymology

19th century, borrowed from Low German dwars, from Middle Low German dwers. Doublet of quer, the main form (from Central German), and obsolete zwerch (from Upper German), still in Zwerchfell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dvaʁs/

Adverb

dwars

1. (nautical) athwart, abreast (to the side of a ship)

   Synonym: querab

Derived terms

• Dwarsleine
• Dwarslinie
• dwarsschiffs
• Dwarssee
• Dwarswind