ערגסט

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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Old High German arg +‎ ־סט (-st) with umlaut. Compare German ärgsten, and more distantly Dutch ergst. Supplanted the original superlative of שלעכט (shlekht), which likely would have been *שלעכטסט (*shlekhtst).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ערגסט (ergst)

  1. superlative degree of שלעכט (shlekht): worst

Declension

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References

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  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “ערגסט”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN