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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
ers
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of er
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Noun[edit]
ers
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Occitan èrs, from Latin ervum (“vetch”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ɛʁ/
- Homophones: air, aire, airent, aires, airs, ère, ères, erre, errent, erres, haire, haires, hère, hères
Noun[edit]
ers m (plural ers)
Further reading[edit]
- “ers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Contraction[edit]
ers
- Contraction of er es.
- 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Marienkind”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1[1], 5th edition, page 14:
- Am andern Morgen, als das Kind nicht zu finden war, gieng ein Gemurmel unter den Leuten, die Königin wäre eine Menschenfresserin, und hätte ihr eigenes Kind umgebracht. Sie hörte alles, und konnte nichts dagegen sagen, der König aber hatte sie zu lieb als daß ers glauben wollte.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
ers
- Alternative form of ars
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English ers, form of ars, from Old English ears, ærs, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz.
Noun[edit]
ers (plural erses)
References[edit]
- “ers” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- “ers” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary[2], 2016.
Swedish[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
ers
- your (only in address); a contraction of the archaic eders, being a genitive form of er
- ers majestät = Your Majesty
- ers höghet = Your Highness
Anagrams[edit]
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
ers
Usage notes[edit]
- The present tense, rather than the perfect, is normally used with periods that extend to the present.
Conjunction[edit]
ers
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
ers | unchanged | unchanged | hers |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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