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See also:ers,ERs,andERS

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    English-ers

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    -ers

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

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    Afrikaans

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    Etymology

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    FromDutch-ers, a chiefly dialectal plural morpheme equivalent to standard Dutch-eren (whence Afrikaans-ere).

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    -ers

    1. forms the plural of three nouns, all of which denote young creatures
      kind(child)kinders(children)
      kalf(calf)kalwers(calves)
      lam(lamb)lammers(lambs)

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    • The colloquial plurale tantumgoeters(things, stuff) is only etymologically an inflection ofgoed(a good), whose true plural isgoedere.
    • Two other Afrikaans nouns arebackformations from plurals originally using the suffix-ers:eier (“egg”, from Dutchei) andhoender (“chicken”, from Dutchhoen).

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    -érs

    1. plural of-ér

    French

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    • IPA(key): /ɛʁ/
    • Hyphenation:-ère

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    -ers

    1. plural of-er
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