vaars

See also: vårs

Dutch

Alternative forms

• veers (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch veerse, verse, from Proto-West Germanic *farsijā, derived from Proto-Germanic *farzaz (“bull, ox”), whence Dutch var. Cognate with Middle Low German verse, German Färse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːrs/

• vaars

  (file)

• Hyphenation: vaars
• Rhymes: -aːrs

Noun

vaars f (plural vaarzen, diminutive vaarsje n)

1. heifer (cow approximately 2 years old that has not calved)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vers