Yiddish

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German morden, mörden, mürden, from Old High German morden, murden, from Proto-West Germanic *murþijan, from Proto-Germanic *murþijaną. Compare German morden. By surface analysis, מאָרד (mord) +‎ ־ן (-n).

Verb

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מאָרדן (mordn) (past participle געמאָרדט (gemordt))

  1. to kill, to murder
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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מאָרדן (mordnpl

  1. plural of מאָרד (mord)

References

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Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “מאָרדן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN