See also: ארן

Yiddish

edit

Etymology

edit

Possibly contracted from Middle High German arnen (to harvest; to deserve; to suffer for a misdeed; to make so suffer; to requite), from Old High German arnōn (to harvest), from Proto-Germanic *aznōną, whence also English earn. The Yiddish ar- implies that a following consonant was lost; otherwise we would expect or- as in פֿאָרן (forn) from Middle High German varn.

Verb

edit

אַרן (arn) (past participle געאַרט (geart))

  1. (impersonal) to bother, concern, be an annoyance
    עס אַרט ניט ווען ער קומט שפּעט.es art nit ven er kumt shpet.It doesn't bother [me] if he comes late.

Conjugation

edit