dwars
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dwers, from Old Dutch *thweres, genitive form of Proto-West Germanic *þwerh, from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz (“cross, adverse”).
Cognates include English thwart and queer, Swedish tvär, Danish tvært, German quer, Gothic 𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍃 (þwairhs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʋɑrs/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: dwars
- Rhymes: -ɑrs
Adjective
dwars (comparative dwarser, superlative meest dwars or dwarst)
- in a crosswise direction, transverse, at right angles
- slantwise, diagonal, askew
- rebellious, stubbornly disobedient
Declension
| Declension of dwars | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | dwars | |||
| inflected | dwarse | |||
| comparative | dwarser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | dwars | dwarser | het dwarst het dwarste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | dwarse | dwarsere | dwarste |
| n. sing. | dwars | dwarser | dwarste | |
| plural | dwarse | dwarsere | dwarste | |
| definite | dwarse | dwarsere | dwarste | |
| partitive | dwars | dwarsers | — | |
Synonyms
- (rebellious): weerbarstig
- (slantwise): scheef
Descendants
German
Etymology
19th century, borrowed from Low German dwars, from Middle Low German dwers. Doublet of quer, the main form (from Central German), and obsolete zwerch (from Upper German), still in Zwerchfell.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dvaʁs/
Adverb
dwars
Derived terms
- Dwarsleine
- Dwarslinie
- dwarsschiffs
- Dwarssee
- Dwarswind