Wurt

See also: wurt

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• Wuat (alternative spelling)
• Wort
• Wåoscht (South Central Bavarian, Tyrol)

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vʊɐd̥/, /βʊɐd̥/
• Homophone: Wuad

Noun

Wurt n (plural Wearter) (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, Vienna)

1. word

German

Etymology

From Low German Wurt, Wort, from Middle Low German wurt, from Old Saxon wurth, from Proto-Germanic *wurþiz. Cognate with Dutch woerd (“man-made hill”), Icelandic urð (“area covered by fallen rocks”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vʊʁt/, [vʊʁt], [vʊɐ̯t]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Wurt f (genitive Wurt, plural Wurten)

1. man-made hill or elevation (as used in low areas to protect farmhouses against flooding)

   Synonym: Warft

Usage notes

• Historic Wurten are particularly important for archeology and the term is often met with in this context.

Declension

Declension of Wurt [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Wurt	die	Wurten
genitive	einer	der	Wurt	der	Wurten
dative	einer	der	Wurt	den	Wurten
accusative	eine	die	Wurt	die	Wurten

Derived terms

• Wurtenforschung