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wars

See also: war's, wärs-, and wär's

English

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Noun

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wars

  1. plural of war
    He's tough. He's been through all the wars.

Verb

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wars

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of war

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Etymology

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Adjective

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wars (not comparable)

  1. (nearly always predicative, with van) disliking, having an aversion
    Synonym: afkerig
    Ik ben wars van complottheorieën. ― I have an aversion to conspiracy theories.

German

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  • IPA(key): /vaːɐ̯s/
  • Hyphenation: wars

Contraction

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wars

  1. Contraction of war es.
    • 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Mährchen von einem, der auszog das Fürchten zu lernen”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1‎[1], 5th edition, page 25:
      Wie Mitternacht herankam, ließ sich ein Lärm und Gepolter hören, erst sachte, dann immer stärker, dann wars ein bischen still, endlich kam mit lautem Geschrei ein halber Mensch den Schornstein herab, und fiel vor ihn hin.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Romanization

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wars

  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍃

Middle English

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Adjective

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wars

  1. Alternative form of worse

Adverb

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wars

  1. Alternative form of worse

Noun

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wars

  1. Alternative form of worse
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