vurz

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• vurtz, vorz, furz, furtz, forz

Etymology

From Old High German furz, from Proto-West Germanic *furtu, from Proto-Germanic *furtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *perd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈvurt͡s̄/, /ˈfurt͡s̄/

Noun

vurz m

1. fart

Declension

Declension of vurz (strong masculine without umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	vurz	die	vurze
genitive	eines	dës	vurzes	dër	vurze
dative	eime	dëm	vurze	dën	vurzen
accusative	einen	dën	vurz	die	vurze

Descendants

• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Forz
  • Ripuarian: Fotz
• German: Furz
• Yiddish: פֿאָרץ (forts)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “vurz”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• "vurz" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)