Jawort

German

Etymology

From Middle High German jāwōrt. By surface analysis, Ja +‎ Wort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaːˌvɔʁt/

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• Hyphenation: Ja‧wort

Noun

Jawort n (strong, genitive Jaworts or Jawortes, plural Jaworte)

1. agreement to a marriage (during the marriage ceremony; the agreement given when asked by the priest)

Declension

Declension of Jawort [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Jawort	die	Jaworte
genitive	eines	des	Jaworts, Jawortes	der	Jaworte
dative	einem	dem	Jawort, Jaworte1	den	Jaworten
accusative	ein	das	Jawort	die	Jaworte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• sich das Jawort geben

Further reading

• “Jawort” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Jawort” in Duden online
• “Jawort” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon