gierst

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch heerse, from Proto-Germanic *hirsijô, potentially derived in turn from an unknown substrate language or, alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“feed, nourish”). Cognate with Limburgish hirs, Old Saxon hirsi, Plautdietsch Hieezh, Old High German hirsi (German Hirse), Alemannic German Hirse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xiːrst/ Hyphenation: gierst Rhymes: -iːrst === Noun === gierst f (uncountable, no diminutive) millet (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food) ==== Derived terms ==== -general: -types of millet: ==== Descendants ==== → West Frisian: gierst === Anagrams === griste == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡiːɐ̯st/ === Verb === gierst second-person singular present of gieren