kerse

Afrikaans

Noun

kerse

1. plural of kers

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old High German kerza, from either Latin cērāta or Latin charta.

Noun

kerse f

1. candle

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	kerse	kersen
accusative	kerse	kersen
genitive	kerse, kersen	kersen
dative	kerse, kersen	kersen

Alternative forms

• cāerse
• kēerse

Descendants

• Dutch: kaars
  • Afrikaans: kers
  • Negerhollands: kaers, kės, keers
• Limburgish: kaers, kaes
• West Flemish: keise
• → Dutch Low Saxon: kaerse

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *kirsa, from Latin ceresia.

Noun

kerse f

2. cherry

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	kerse	kersen
accusative	kerse	kersen
genitive	kerse, kersen	kersen
dative	kerse, kersen	kersen

Descendants

• Dutch: kers (see there for further descendants)
• Limburgish: kèrs, kaes, kees

Etymology 3

From Old Dutch *kresso, from Proto-Germanic *krasjô, from Proto-Indo-European *gras-.

Noun

kerse m or f

1. cress, garden cress

Inflection

Weak masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	kerse	kersen
accusative	kerse	kersen
genitive	kersen	kersen
dative	kerse	kersen

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	kerse	kersen
accusative	kerse	kersen
genitive	kerse, kersen	kersen
dative	kerse, kersen	kersen

Descendants

• Dutch: kers

Further reading

• “kerse (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “kerse (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “kerse (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “kerse (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “kerse (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “kerse (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III