gers

== English == === Noun === gers plural of ger == Dutch == === Etymology === Unknown. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣɛrs/ Hyphenation: gers Rhymes: -ɛrs === Adjective === gers (comparative gerser, superlative meest gers or gerst) (Rotterdam) cool, nice == Icelandic == === Noun === gers indefinite genitive singular of ger == Lithuanian == === Verb === gers third-person singular future of gerti third-person plural future of gerti == Middle Dutch == === Noun === gers n alternative form of gras ==== Inflection ==== == Middle English == === Noun === gers alternative form of gras == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡers/, [ɡerˠs] === Noun === gers n (Vespasian Psalter Mercian, late Kentish) alternative form of græs ==== Usage notes ==== The Vespasian Psalter features this word only in the compound gershoppe. The compound appears thrice, of which the first element appears once with geres-, which might indicate a metathesizing vowel. ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: == Old Frisian == === Alternative forms === gres === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *grasą. === Noun === gers n grass ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum: gäärs Halligen: geers Heligoland: gaars Mooring: gjars Sylt: Gērs Wiedingharde: gjas Saterland Frisian: Gäärs West Frisian: gers, gjers (Wood), jers == Samogitian == === Adjective === gers good == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian gers, gres, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛːs/ === Noun === gers n (plural gerzen, diminutive gerske) (Clay) grass ==== Alternative forms ==== gjers (Wood) ==== Derived terms ==== gersmoanne ==== Further reading ==== “gers”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011