gers

See also: Gers and Gērs

English

Noun

gers

1. plural of ger

Dutch

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɛrs/

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• Hyphenation: gers
• Rhymes: -ɛrs

Adjective

gers (comparative gerser, superlative meest gers or gerst)

1. (Rotterdam) cool, nice

Icelandic

Noun

gers

1. indefinite genitive singular of ger

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ˈɡʲɛrˑs]
• Rhymes: -ɛrˑs
• Syllabification: ger̃s

Verb

gers

1. third-person singular future of gerti
2. third-person plural future of gerti

Middle Dutch

Noun

gers n

1. alternative form of gras

Inflection

Strong neuter noun

	singular	plural
nominative	gers	gers, gerse
accusative	gers	gers, gerse
genitive	gers	gerse
dative	gerse	gersen

Middle English

Noun

gers

1. alternative form of gras

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡers/, [ɡerˠs]

Noun

gers n (Vespasian Psalter Mercian, late Kentish)

1. alternative form of græs

Usage notes

• The Vespasian Psalter features this word only in the compound gershoppe. The compound appears thrice, of which the first element appears once with geres-, which might indicate a metathesizing vowel.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	gers	gers
accusative	gers	gers
genitive	gerses	gersa
dative	gerse	gersum

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• gres

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grasą.

Noun

gers n

1. grass

Inflection

Declension of gers (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	gers	gerse, gersu
accusative	gers	gerse, gersu
genitive	gerses	gersa
dative	gerse	gersum, gersem

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: gäärs

  Halligen: geers

  Heligoland: gaars

  Mooring: gjars

  Sylt: Gērs

  Wiedingharde: gjas

• Saterland Frisian: Gäärs
• West Frisian: gers, gjers (Wood), jers

Samogitian

Adjective

gers

1. good

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gers, gres, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛːs/

Noun

gers n (plural gerzen, diminutive gerske)

1. (Clay) grass

Alternative forms

• gjers (Wood)

Derived terms

• gersmoanne

Further reading

• “gers”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011