wers

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English

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Noun

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wers

  1. plural of wer

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch wers (worse), from Old Dutch *wirs, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with English worse.

Adverb

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wers

  1. (archaic, West Flemish) worse

German

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /veːɐ̯s/
  • Hyphenation: wers

Contraction

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wers

  1. Contraction of wer es.
    • 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Der treue Johannes”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1[1], 5th edition, pages 39–40:
      Sprach die zweite „ist gar keine Rettung?“ „O ja, wenn ein anderer schnell aufsitzt, das Feuergewehr, das in den Halftern stecken muß, heraus nimmt und das Pferd damit todt schießt, so ist der junge König gerettet. Aber wer weiß das! und wers weiß und sagts ihm, der wird zu Stein von den Fußzehen bis zum Knie.“
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *wirs, from Proto-Germanic *wirsiz.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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wers

  1. worse

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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wers

  1. Alternative form of vers

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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wers

  1. Alternative form of worse

Adverb

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wers

  1. Alternative form of worse

Noun

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wers

  1. Alternative form of worse

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin versus. Doublet of wiersz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛrs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrs
  • Syllabification: wers

Noun

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wers m inan

  1. (poetry) line

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective

Further reading

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  • wers in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wers in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Welsh

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Noun

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wers

  1. Soft mutation of gwers.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwers wers ngwers unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.