See also: ERS, ERs, and -ers

EnglishEdit

VerbEdit

ers

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of er

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

NounEdit

ers

  1. plural of er

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Occitan èrs, from Latin ervum (vetch).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ers m (plural ers)

  1. (botany) bitter vetch, ervil (Vicia ervilia)
  2. (botany) Lens ervoides

Further readingEdit

GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /eːɐ̯s/
  • Hyphenation: ers

ContractionEdit

ers

  1. 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

  1. 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)

  1. arse, buttocks

ReferencesEdit

SwedishEdit

PronounEdit

ers

  1. 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

er +‎ ys

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

ers

  1. since
  2. for (a period of time)

Usage notesEdit

  • The present tense, rather than the perfect, is normally used with periods that extend to the present.

ConjunctionEdit

ers

  1. since

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
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.