wers

English

Noun

wers

1. plural of wer

Dutch

Alternative forms

• weers
• wes

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

• wer's

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^[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

• wer's glaubt, wird selig

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wers/

Adverb

wers

1. worse

Alternative forms

• wirs

Further reading

• “wers (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wers (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Noun

wers

1. Alternative form of vers

Polish

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

• wersowy

 

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.