גאָרן

Yiddish

Etymology

From a dialectal form of Early New High German Gaden n or m (“chamber; floor, level, story”), which had the relevant meaning in the form Garn in some Bavarian and Rhenish Franconian dialects.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɔʁn/

Noun

גאָרן • (gorn) m, plural גאָרנס (gorns)

storey (floor, level)
Synonyms: שטאָק (shtok), עטאַזש (etazh)

References

^ Weinreich, Max (2008) History of the Yiddish Language, volume II, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page A450

[1] Weinreich, Max (2008) History of the Yiddish Language, volume II, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page A450

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