-ers

== English == === Etymology === From -er. === Suffix === -ers(informal, originally school slang) Used to form slang or colloquial equivalents of words. ‎breakfast + ‎-ers → ‎brekkers ‎divinity + ‎-ers → ‎divvers (“the study of religion”) Used to form mostly adjectives used informally. ==== Derived terms ==== === Suffix === -ers plural of -er === Anagrams === SRE, ser., res., ESR, res, RSE, ser, Res., RES, SER == Afrikaans == === Etymology === Inherited from Dutch -ers, a chiefly dialectal plural morpheme equivalent to standard Dutch -eren (whence Afrikaans -ere). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: -ers === Suffix === -ers forms the plural of three nouns, all of which denote young creatures ‎kalf (“calf”) + ‎-ers → ‎kalwers (“calves”) ‎kind (“child”) + ‎-ers → ‎kinders (“children”) ‎lam (“lamb”) + ‎-ers → ‎lammers (“lambs”) ==== Usage notes ==== The colloquial plurale tantum goeters (“things, stuff”) is only etymologically an inflection of goed (“a good”), whose true plural is goedere. Two other Afrikaans nouns are backformations from plurals originally using the suffix -ers: eier (“egg”, from Dutch ei) and hoender (“chicken”, from Dutch hoen). == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈe̞s] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [ˈes] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈeɾs] Rhymes: (Central, Balearic) -es, (Valencia) -eɾs Hyphenation: -ers === Suffix === -ers plural of -er == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛʁ/ Rhymes: -ɛʁ Hyphenation: -ers === Suffix === -ers plural of -er == German == === Pronunciation === === Suffix === -ers genitive singular of -er