Woërt
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Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om. Doublet of Värrep (“verb”).
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Woërt n (plural Wöërt, diminutive Wörrtje)
- (Eupen) word as an isolated unit
- (Eupen) utterance, word with context
- (Eupen, uncountable) speech, speaking, (figuratively) floor
- (Eupen, uncountable, figuratively) promise, word
- (Eupen, Christianity) the Word (epithet for Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity)
- (Eupen, biblical) the Word of God, Scripture, the scriptures (collectively)