ers
English
Afrikaans
French
Pronunciation
Further reading
- “ers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Alternative forms
- er's
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːɐ̯s/
- Hyphenation: ers
Contraction
ers
- Contraction of er es.
- 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Marienkind”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 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 English
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English ers, form of ars, from Old English ears, ærs, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz.
References
- “ers” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- “ers” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary, 2016.
Swedish
Alternative forms
- Ers
- Eders
Pronoun
ers
References
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛrs/
- Rhymes: -ɛrs
Usage notes
- The present tense, rather than the perfect, is normally used with periods that extend to the present.
Mutation
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. |
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