וועלט
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German welt, werlt, a contraction of Old High German weralt, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Compare German Welt. Cognate to English world, Dutch wereld, Swedish värld.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
וועלט • (velt) f, plural וועלטן (veltn)
Derived terms edit
- וועלטלעך (veltlekh, “secular, profane, mundane”)
- וועלטסווערטל (veltsvertl, “proverb”)
- וועלטסמענטש (veltsmentsh, “worldly person”)
- װעלטטײל (veltteyl, “continent”)