eerst

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *ērist, from Proto-Germanic *airist.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eːrst/, [ɪːrst]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːrst

Adverb

eerst

  1. first, at first, before something else
  2. at first, before, earlier
    Het doet nu minder pijn dan eerst.
    It hurts less now than earlier.
    (literally, “It hurts less now than at first.”)
  3. only, not until

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Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eːrst/

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *ērist, from Proto-Germanic *airistaz.

Adjective

êerst

  1. first
  2. foremost
Inflection

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Descendants
  • Dutch: eerste
  • Limburgish: ieës

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *ērist, from Proto-Germanic *airist.

Adverb

êerst

  1. first, firstly
  2. formerly, previously
  3. at first, before all else
Descendants
  • Dutch: eerst
  • Limburgish: ieës

Further reading
  • “eerst”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “eerste”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “eerst (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “eerst (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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