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)

world

Derived terms

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

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