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English

Noun

wers

  1. plural of wer

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wers (“worse”), from Old Dutch *wirs, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with English worse.

Adverb

wers

  1. (archaic, West Flemish) worse

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veːɐ̯s/
  • Hyphenation: wers

Contraction

wers

  1. Contraction of wer es.
    • 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Der treue Johannes”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 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.“
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Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wirs, from Proto-Germanic *wirsiz.

Pronunciation

Adverb

wers

  1. worse

Alternative forms

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

wers

  1. Alternative form of vers

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin versus. Doublet of wiersz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛrs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrs
  • Syllabification: wers

Noun

wers m inan

  1. (poetry) line

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

  1. Soft mutation of gwers.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwers wers ngwers unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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