wars

See also: war's, wärs-, and wär's

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /wɔɹz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /wɔːz/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z

Noun

wars

1. plural of war

   He's tough. He's been through all the wars.

Verb

wars

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of war

Anagrams

• RWAs, SWAR, WRAs, raws

Dutch

Etymology

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Adjective

wars (not comparable)

1. (nearly always predicative, with van) disliking, having an aversion

   Synonym: afkerig

   Ik ben wars van complottheorieën. ― I have an aversion to conspiracy theories.

German

Alternative forms

• war's

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːɐ̯s/
• Hyphenation: wars

Contraction

wars

1. Contraction of war es.
   • 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Mährchen von einem, der auszog das Fürchten zu lernen”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1‎^[1], 5th edition, page 25:

     Wie Mitternacht herankam, ließ sich ein Lärm und Gepolter hören, erst sachte, dann immer stärker, dann wars ein bischen still, endlich kam mit lautem Geschrei ein halber Mensch den Schornstein herab, und fiel vor ihn hin.

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Gothic

Romanization

wars

1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍃