dwars

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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/
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  • Hyphenation: dwars
  • Rhymes: -ɑrs

Adjective

dwars (comparative dwarser, superlative meest dwars or dwarst)

  1. in a crosswise direction, transverse, at right angles
  2. slantwise, diagonal, askew
  3. 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

Descendants

  • Jersey Dutch: dwās
  • Negerhollands: dwars
  • → Papiamentu: duars, dwars, duash (Aruba)

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

Adverb

dwars

  1. (nautical) athwart, abreast (to the side of a ship)
    Synonym: querab

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