wers
English
Noun
wers
- plural of wer
Anagrams
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wers (“worse”), from Old Dutch *wirs, from Proto-West Germanic *wirsiʀō, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with English worse.
Adverb
wers
- (archaic, West Flemish) worse
German
Alternative forms
- wer's
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veːɐ̯s/
- Hyphenation: wers
Contraction
wers
- contraction of wer es
- 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Der treue Johannes”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1[1], 5th edition, pages 39–40:
- Sprach die zweite „ist gar keine Rettung?“ „O ja, wenn ein anderer schnell aufsitzt, das Feuergewehr, das in den Halftern stecken muß, heraus nimmt und das Pferd damit todt schießt, so ist der junge König gerettet. Aber wer weiß das! und wers weiß und sagts ihm, der wird zu Stein von den Fußzehen bis zum Knie.“
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wirs, from Proto-West Germanic *wirsi, from Proto-Germanic *wirsiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wers/
Adverb
wers
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “wers (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wers (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
wers
- alternative form of vers
Etymology 2
Adjective
wers
- alternative form of worse
Adverb
wers
- alternative form of worse
Noun
wers
- alternative form of worse
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin versus. Doublet of wiersz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛrs/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrs
- Syllabification: wers
Noun
wers m inan
Declension
Declension of wers
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | wers | wersy |
genitive | wersu | wersów |
dative | wersowi | wersom |
accusative | wers | wersy |
instrumental | wersem | wersami |
locative | wersie | wersach |
vocative | wersie | wersy |
Derived terms
adjective
Further reading
- wers in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wers in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Welsh
Noun
wers
- soft mutation of gwers