-ers

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See also: ers, ERs, and ERS

English

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Etymology

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    From -er.

    Suffix

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    -ers

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

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    Afrikaans

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    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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    Suffix

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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)

    Usage notes

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    • 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).