different between ert vs erst

English

Alternative forms

• art

Etymology

From Middle English erten, ertin, from Old Norse erta (“to provoke, incite, tease”), from Proto-Germanic *artijan? (“to excite, tease”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?erdi-, *h?erd- (“sharp point, stinger”). Cognate with Icelandic erta (“to irritate”), Norwegian erta (“to taunt”), Swedish ärta (“to tease, jibe”), Old Irish aird (“point, ord, end point”), Ancient Greek ????? (árdis, “arrowhead”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Verb

ert (third-person singular simple present erts, present participle erting, simple past and past participle erted)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To incite; urge on; encourage.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To irritate; grill; provoke.
3. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To be eager, prone; hurry.
4. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To make as if to strike; argue (with); strive after; try to obtain.
5. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To strive onward and upward.

Derived terms

• ertand
• erter
• erting

Anagrams

• ETR, Ret., TER, ret, ter, ter-

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/
• in the phrase "ert tú": IPA^(key): /??????u/

Verb

ert

1. (you) are, second-person present singular of vera (to be)
   • tú ert vøkur - you (f) are beautiful
   • tú ert vakur - you (m) are beautiful
   • ert tú giftur? - are you (m) married?
   • ert tú gift? - are you (f) married?
   • ert tú ...? - are you ...?

Conjugation

Icelandic

Verb

ert

1. you are, second-person of vera (meaning "to be")

   Þú ert skemmtileg.

   You are fun. (referring to a girl)

   Hver ert þú?

   Who are you?

Derived terms

• ertu

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin ars, artis.

Noun

ert m (plural erc)

1. art

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

ert

1. Alternative form of art: second-person singular present of been (“to be”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ert (plural ertes or erten)

1. Alternative form of herte (“heart”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ertr (“feminine plural”)

Noun

ert f or m (definite singular erta or erten, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)

1. a pea (plant and vegetable)

Derived terms

• erteblomst
• ertestuing
• ertesuppe

References

• “ert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• erter

Etymology

From Old Norse ertr (“plural”)

Noun

ert f (definite singular erta, indefinite plural erter, definite plural ertene)

1. a pea (plant and vegetable)

Derived terms

• ertestuing
• ertesuppe

References

• “ert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• iert

Verb

ert

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of estre

Swedish

Pronoun

ert

1. neuter of er

Declension

Anagrams

• ter, tre

English

Alternative forms

• arste
• yerst (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??st/

Etymology 1

From Middle English erste, from Old English ?resta (“first”), from Proto-West Germanic *airist (“earliest, first”), equivalent to ere +? -est. Cognate with North Frisian eerst, ærst (“first”), West Frisian earst (“first”), Dutch eerste (“first”), German erste (“first”).

Adjective

erst (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) First.

Etymology 2

From Middle English erst, arst, erest, from Old English ?rest (“first, erst, at first, before all”), from Proto-West Germanic *airist(?) (“erst”). Cognate with Scots erst (“erst”), Dutch eerst.

Adverb

erst (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) First of all, before (some other specified thing).
   • 1567, Arthur Golding, Ovid's Metamorphoses, book 2, line 691:

     Consider what I erst have been and what thou seest me now:

2. (obsolete) Sooner (than); before.
3. (archaic, poetic) Formerly, once, erstwhile.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 12:

     When lofty trees I see barren of leaves

     Which erst from heat did canopy the herd

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:erst.

Derived terms

• erstwhile

Anagrams

• 'rest, -estr-, -ster, -ster-, ERTs, REST, Rest., SERT, TERs, estr-, rest, rest., rets, tres

German

Etymology

See the numeral erster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?rst/, [?e???st], [????st]

Adverb

erst

1. first, at first
2. only (with progress, accomplishments or the present time)

3. not until, not for, not before (with reference to a point or period of time in the future)

4. only, as recently as (with reference to the past)

5. short for erstmal

Usage notes

• With reference to time periods and moments, the opposite of erst is schon. Erst emphasizes how long it is until something happens or how recently it has happened, whereas schon how soon in the future or far in the past. Thus:

  erst in drei Wochen = "not for three weeks" [and that seems so far away]

  schon in drei Wochen = "in only three weeks" [and I'm glad I don't have to wait any longer]

• With reference to progress and the like, erst emphasizes how young or short, while schon emphasizes how old or long. Thus:

  Sie ist erst 28 Jahre alt  = "She's only 28" [and yet she has so many accomplishments/she looks so much older, etc.]

  Sie ist schon 28 Jahre alt = "She's already 28" [but it seems only yesterday that she was a little girl]

Synonyms

• (1.) zuerst

Related terms

• erster

Further reading

• “erst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?rst/, [???rst]

Adjective

?rst

1. Alternative form of ?rest

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN