Adjective: dwars
Indefinite Forms
| masc. & fem. | dwarse |
| neuter | dwars |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | dwarse |
| Comparative | dwarsere |
| Superlative | dwarste |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like dwars
snaaks,
schots,
Mandarijns,
kettersch,
slinks,
slaafs,
sleets,
academisch,
fascistisch,
Duitsch,
oudersch,
aristocratisch,
socialisties,
Baskisch,
Tanzaniaans,
empirisch,
onethisch,
melodisch,
kosmopolitisch,
Helleens, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. From Middle Dutch dwers, from Old Dutch *thweres, genitive form of Proto-West Germanic *þwerh, from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz (“cross, adverse”).
2. Cognates include English thwart and queer, Swedish tvär, Danish tvært, German quer, Gothic 𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍃 (þwairhs). See: English Adjectives '
thwart', Swedish Adjectives '
tvär', German Adjectives '
quer', Gothic Adjectives '
𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍃'.
Verbs referencing "dwars"
English Adjectives
thwart, Gothic Adjectives
𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍃.
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