וואָרט

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om. Compare Dutch woord, English word, Danish ord.

Noun

וואָרט • (vort) n, plural ווערטער (verter), diminutive ווערטל (vertl)

1. word

Derived terms

• ווערטערבוך (verterbukh)
• וואָרטסמאַן (vortsman, “a man of his word”)
• וואָרטצייכן (vorttseykhn, “password”)
• וואָרטקלאַס (vortklas, “part of speech”)
• וואָרטשפּיל (vortshpil, “pun”)