gers

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English

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Noun

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gers

  1. plural of ger

Dutch

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Etymology

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Unknown.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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gers (comparative gerser, superlative meest gers or gerst)

  1. (Rotterdam) cool, nice

Icelandic

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Noun

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gers

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ger

Lithuanian

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Verb

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gers

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

Middle Dutch

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Noun

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gers n

  1. Alternative form of gras

Middle English

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Noun

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gers

  1. Alternative form of gras

Old Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *grasą.

Noun

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gers n

  1. grass

Inflection

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Declension of gers (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative gers gerse, gersu
genitive gerses gersa
dative gerse gersum, gersem
accusative gers gerse, gersu

Descendants

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

Samogitian

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Adjective

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gers

  1. good

West Frisian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gers n (plural gerzen, diminutive gerske)

  1. (Clay) grass

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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