-ers

See also: ers, ERs, and ERS

English

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Etymology

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English -er
English -ers
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    From -er.

    Suffix

    -ersCategory:English lemmas#ERSCategory:English suffixes#ERSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ERSCategory:Pages with entries#ERSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ERS(informalCategory:English informal terms#ERS, originally school slangCategory:English school slang#ERS)

    1. Used to form slang or colloquial equivalents of words.
      ‎breakfast + ‎-ers → ‎brekkers
      ‎divinity + ‎-ers → ‎divvers (“the study of religion”)
    2. Used to form mostly adjectives used informally.

    Derived terms

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    Suffix

    -ersCategory:English non-lemma forms#ERSCategory:English suffix forms#ERSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ERSCategory:Pages with entries#ERSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ERS

    1. plural of -er

    Anagrams

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    Afrikaans

    Etymology

    Inherited from DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch#ERSCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch#ERS -ers, a chiefly dialectal plural morpheme equivalent to standard Dutch -eren (whence Afrikaans -ere).

    Pronunciation

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    Suffix

    -ersCategory:Afrikaans lemmas#ERSCategory:Afrikaans suffixes#ERSCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#ERSCategory:Pages with entries#ERSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ERS

    1. 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).
    Category:Afrikaans inflectional suffixes#ERS

    Catalan

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -ersCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#ERSCategory:Catalan suffix forms#ERSCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ERSCategory:Pages with entries#ERSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ERS

    1. plural of -er

    French

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -ersCategory:French non-lemma forms#ERSCategory:French suffix forms#ERSCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ERSCategory:Pages with entries#ERSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ERS

    1. plural of -er

    German

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -ersCategory:German non-lemma forms#ERSCategory:German suffix forms#ERSCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#ERSCategory:Pages with entries#ERSCategory:Pages with 5 entries#ERS

    1. genitive singular of -er
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