From Middle Dutch êerst, from Old Dutch *ērist, from Proto-West Germanic *airist(ō).

• IPA^(key): /eːrst/, [ɪːrst]

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• Hyphenation: eerst
• Rhymes: -eːrst

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

• Afrikaans: eers
• Javindo: eerst
• Jersey Dutch: êrst, ast
• Negerhollands: eerste, eerst

• pas
• laatst

• reest, Trees

• IPA^(key): /eːrst/

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

êerst

1. first
2. foremost

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• Dutch: eerste
• Limburgish: ieës

From Old Dutch *ērist, from Proto-West Germanic *airist(ō).

êerst

1. first, firstly
2. formerly, previously
3. at first, before all else

• Dutch: eerst
• Limburgish: ieës

• “eerst”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “eerste”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “eerst (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “eerst (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

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