gers

Meaning

grass

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɛːs/

Etymology

From Old Frisian gers, gres, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”).

Sentences

Hoe sterk is it gers op de dyk ?

How strong is the grass on the road?

De bisten meitsje gongen en frette de woartels fan it gers oan .

The animals make holes and eat the roots of the grass.

Twa kear yn 'e wike kaam de túnman om it gers te meanen.

Twice a week the gardener came to mow the grass.

Dêr stiet in siggesoart, in soart trijekant gers , de noardske sigge.

There is a kind of sedge, a kind of three-sided grass, the northern sedge.