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/ 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 ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (rebellious): weerbarstig (slantwise): scheef ==== 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 === IPA(key): /dvaʁs/ === Adverb === dwars (nautical) athwart, abreast (to the side of a ship) Synonym: querab ==== Derived terms ====