ers
EnglishEdit
VerbEdit
ers
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of er
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
NounEdit
ers
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Occitan èrs, from Latin ervum (“vetch”).
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ɛʁ/
- Homophones: air, aire, airent, aires, airs, ère, ères, erre, errent, erres, haire, haires, hère, hères
NounEdit
ers m (plural ers)
Further readingEdit
- “ers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
ContractionEdit
ers
- Contraction of er es.
- 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Marienkind”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1[1], 5th edition, page 14:
- Am andern Morgen, als das Kind nicht zu finden war, gieng ein Gemurmel unter den Leuten, die Königin wäre eine Menschenfresserin, und hätte ihr eigenes Kind umgebracht. Sie hörte alles, und konnte nichts dagegen sagen, der König aber hatte sie zu lieb als daß ers glauben wollte.
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Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
ers
- Alternative form of ars
ScotsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English ers, form of ars, from Old English ears, ærs, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz.
NounEdit
ers (plural erses)
ReferencesEdit
- “ers” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- “ers” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary[2], 2016.
SwedishEdit
PronounEdit
ers
- your (only in address); a contraction of the archaic eders, being a genitive form of er
- ers majestät = Your Majesty
- ers höghet = Your Highness
AnagramsEdit
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
ers
Usage notesEdit
- The present tense, rather than the perfect, is normally used with periods that extend to the present.
ConjunctionEdit
ers
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
ers | unchanged | unchanged | hers |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |