ערגסט

Yiddish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ɛrɡst/

Adjective

ערגסט • (ergst)

1. superlative degree of שלעכט (shlekht): worst

Declension

Declension of ערגסט

predicative					ערגסט ergst
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
		indefinite	definite	post./nom.
nominative	ערגסטער ergster	ערגסט ergst	ערגסטע ergste	ערגסטס ergsts	ערגסטע ergste	ערגסטע ergste
accusative	ערגסטן ergstn
dative			ערגסטן ergstn		ערגסטער ergster

References

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