yer

Dialectal second-person pronoun

Yer is a dialectal or casual spelling of your, representing how the word sounds in rapid speech: Get yer hands off me.

It appears in written dialogue to suggest regional accent or informal tone.

Less commonly, yer represents you're or you in similar contexts.

dialectal

your

Second-person possessive

yaInformal yes or you
yeArchaic second-person plural
youseInformal second-person plural

y'all · thee · thy · thou · thine · possessive · informal · regional · colloquial · nonstandard

pirate

arr

Pirate interjection

mateyInformal British address
ahoyMaritime greeting
shiverInvoluntary trembling sensation

timbers · scallywag · buccaneer · landlubber · treasure · parrot · hook · plank · jolly · roger

British

mate

Partner or companion

blokeInformal British man
guvCasual British honorific
innitBritish tag question

cheers · ta · blimey · bloody · chap · lad · lass · pub · quid · chippy

Categories

dialect wordsthee, thou, thy, thine, thyself
Scotsaye, wee, nae, ken, couldnae
Glagolitic Lettersdobro, on, omega
Balkan linguisticsSerbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Slovene
Cyrillic lettersCyrillic, Cyrillic alphabet, Russian alphabet, ya, ye
Northern Slangaye, nowt, summat, lass, luv

Opposites

register/formality

Belonging to a person

standard spelling · your · you're · Queen's English · correct spelling

possessive direction

yermy

First-person possessive

mine · his · her · their · our

Phrases

on yer bikeDismissive British phrase

Family

earth, year, years, yearly, yearn, yearning, yearbook, yearling, yearned

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Known to kids · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G