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English

Noun

gers

  1. plural of ger

Dutch

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɛrs/
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  • Hyphenation: gers
  • Rhymes: -ɛrs

Adjective

gers (comparative gerser, superlative meest gers or gerst)

  1. (Rotterdam) cool, nice

Icelandic

Noun

gers

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ger

Lithuanian

Verb

gers

  1. third-person singular future of gerti
  2. third-person plural future of gerti

Middle Dutch

Noun

gers n

  1. alternative form of gras

Inflection

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Middle English

Noun

gers

  1. alternative form of gras

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

gers n (Vespasian Psalter Mercian, late Kentish)

  1. alternative form of græs

Usage notes

  • The Vespasian Psalter features this word only in the compound gershoppe. The compound appears thrice, of which the first element appears once with geres-, which might indicate a metathesizing vowel.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grasą.

Noun

gers n

  1. grass

Inflection

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Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: gäärs
    Mooring: gjars
    Sylt: Gērs
  • Saterland Frisian: Gäärs
  • West Frisian: gers, gjers (Wood), jers
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Samogitian

Adjective

gers

  1. good

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gers, gres, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gers n (plural gerzen, diminutive gerske)

  1. (Clay) grass

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “gers”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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