וועלט

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German welt, werlt, a contraction of Old High German weralt, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Compare German Welt. Cognate to English world, Dutch wereld, Swedish värld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛɫt/

Noun

וועלט • (velt) f, plural וועלטן (veltn)

1. world

Derived terms

• וועלטלעך (veltlekh, “secular, profane, mundane”)
• וועלטסווערטל (veltsvertl, “proverb”)
• וועלטסמענטש (veltsmentsh, “worldly person”)
• װעלטטײל (veltteyl, “continent”)