different between zees vs wees

English

Etymology 1

Noun

zees

1. plural of zee

Etymology 2

Pronoun

zees

1. Pronunciation spelling of this, representing primarily French-accented English.

Anagrams

• EEZs

English

Verb

wees

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. An orphan, person or animal having survived both parents.
2. 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

1. imperative of zijn
2. imperative of wezen

Derived terms

• weesgegroet

Verb

wees

1. 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

1. (Föhr-Amrum, Heligoland) to be

Conjugation

Spanish

Noun

wees m pl

1. plural of we

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse hvæsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wè?s]

  Rhymes: -è?s

Verb

wees

1. (intransitive) To hiss
2. (intransitive) To whiz, blow.