different between wees vs gees
wees
English
Verb
wees
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wee
Anagrams
- ewes, swee
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- wies (Cape Afrikaans)
Etymology
From Dutch wezen, from Proto-Germanic *wesan?. See Dutch zijn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v??s/
Verb
wees (present is, present participle synde, past was, past participle gewees)
- To be.
Usage notes
- Unlike other Afrikaans verbs, the past participle of wees (gewees) does not usually take the auxiliary verb het to form the perfect tense unless a modal verb is being used: Ek sou baie kwaad gewees het as jy dit gedoen het. (“I would have been very angry if you had done this.”) Outside of this construction, het gewees is rarely encountered and is considered nonstandard. The actual perfect tense of wees is is gewees, but this form is also very rare, being usually replaced with either was or was gewees. (The latter is formally a pluperfect, but is generally used without any semantic distinction.)
Conjugation
Anagrams
- sewe
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch wêse, from Old Dutch w?so, from Proto-West Germanic *waiso, of uncertain origin, with no solid cognates outside of Germanic; possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?wid?éwh? (“widow”).
Cognate with German Waise, Middle Low German wêse, probably Old English *w?sa (in wuduw?sa).
Noun
wees m or f (plural wezen, diminutive weesje n)
- An orphan, person or animal having survived both parents.
- An orphaned one, left out of a sequence.
Derived terms
- halfwees, halve wees
- verweesd
- volle wees
- weeshuis
- weesjongen
- weeskamer
- weeskind
- weesmeester
- weesvader
- weesziekte
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
wees
- imperative of zijn
- imperative of wezen
Derived terms
- weesgegroet
Verb
wees
- singular past indicative of wijzen
References
- Taaladvies.net on ‘wees’ or ‘ben’
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian wesa, which derives from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesan?.
Verb
wees
- (Föhr-Amrum, Heligoland) to be
Conjugation
Spanish
Noun
wees m pl
- plural of we
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse hvæsa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wè?s]
- Rhymes: -è?s
Verb
wees
- (intransitive) To hiss
- (intransitive) To whiz, blow.
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gees
English
Noun
gees
- plural of gee
Verb
gees
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gee
Anagrams
- EEGs
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch geest, from Middle Dutch gêest, from Old Dutch g?st, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *??eysd-, *??isd- (“anger, agitation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????s/
Noun
gees (plural geeste)
- (countable) mind, spirit
- (uncountable) mindset
- (countable) spirit, ghost
Luxembourgish
Verb
gees
- second-person singular present indicative of goen
Somali
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *?aas-
Noun
gees ?
- horn
References
- “gees” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.
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