ers

See also: ERS, ERs, and -ers

English

Verb

ers

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of er

Anagrams

• ESR, RSE, Res., SER, SRE, res, ser, ser.

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Afrikaans

Noun

ers

1. plural of er

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French

Etymology

From Occitan èrs, from Latin ervum (“vetch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁ/
• Homophones: air, aire, airent, aires, airs, ère, ères, erre, errent, erres, haire, haires, hère, hères

Noun

ers m (plural ers)

1. (botany) bitter vetch, ervil (Vicia ervilia)
2. (botany) Lens ervoides

Further reading

• “ers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Alternative forms

• er's

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːɐ̯s/
• Hyphenation: ers

Contraction

ers

1. 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)

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Middle English

Noun

ers

1. Alternative form of ars

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Scots

Etymology

From Middle English ers, form of ars, from Old English ears, ærs, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz.

Noun

ers (plural erses)

1. arse, buttocks

References

• “ers” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “ers” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary^[2], 2016.

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Swedish

Pronoun

ers

1. 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

• res, ser

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Welsh

Etymology

er +‎ ys

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛrs/
• Rhymes: -ɛrs

Preposition

ers

1. since
2. for (a period of time)

Usage notes

• The present tense, rather than the perfect, is normally used with periods that extend to the present.

Conjunction

ers

1. since

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.