וואָרט
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om. Compare Dutch woord, English word, Danish ord.
Noun edit
וואָרט • (vort) n, plural ווערטער (verter), diminutive ווערטל (vertl)
Derived terms edit
- ווערטערבוך (verterbukh)
- וואָרטסמאַן (vortsman, “a man of his word”)
- וואָרטצייכן (vorttseykhn, “password”)
- וואָרטקלאַס (vortklas, “part of speech”)
- וואָרטשפּיל (vortshpil, “pun”)