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Plural of er

regular plural

The plural of er is ers.

Forms of er

Singularer /ɜː/
Pluralers
Countablecountable

Ers in a sentence

  • Although Shakespeare refers to “hums and ha’s,” sifting through etiquette manuals and public-speaking guides turns up scant evidence of a prohibition against ums, ers and uhs, which are profuse in the first recording of Thomas Edison’s voice, in 1888.2007 August 24, William Grimes, “Uh, Lead My Rips: No More Bloopers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2013
  • The San Francisco 49ers had their glory days under Joe Montana and may be making a comeback under Alex Smith.From the entry glory days
  • Many of the J6ers had never been incarcerated before, and jail came as a shock.2024 September 16, Hanna Rosin, “The Insurrectionists Next Door”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN. From the entry J6er
  • Former president Trump called all the J6ers to DC promising it’d be wild.2022 January 20, Kevin Robbins, “Jan. 6 and BLM not the same”, in The Post-Star, volume 118, number 62, Glens Falls, NY, page A4. From the entry J6er
  • The video shows a lap dancer burying the head of a 49ers' staffer in her bosom.2005 June 8, "49ers acknowledge another embarrassing video, USA Today (24 July 2011). From the entry lap dancer

Meaning of er

  1. interjection Said when hesitating in speech.
  2. verb To utter the word er when hesitating in speech.
  3. noun An occurrence of the interjection "er".

Full definition of er

Questions about the plural of er

What is the plural of er?
The plural of er is ers.
Is er countable?
Er is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: er (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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