"wurst" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /wɝst/ [General-American], /vɝst/ [General-American], /vʊɹst/ [General-American], /wɜːst/ [Received-Pronunciation], /vɜːst/ [Received-Pronunciation], /vʊəst/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: wursts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st Etymology: First attested in 1890. Borrowed from German Wurst (“sausage, wurst”), from Middle High German wurst, from Old High German wurst, from Proto-West Germanic *wursti (“something turned or twisted”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-, *werd- (“to turn”). Akin to Old Saxon worst (“wurst”), Old English weorþan (“to turn, become”). Doublet of wors. Unrelated to worsted (“type of yarn”). More at worth (“to be, become, betide”). Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|1890}} 1890, {{etydate|1890}} First attested in 1890., {{bor|en|de|Wurst||sausage, wurst}} German Wurst (“sausage, wurst”), {{der|en|gmh|wurst}} Middle High German wurst, {{der|en|goh|wurst}} Old High German wurst, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*wursti||something turned or twisted}} Proto-West Germanic *wursti (“something turned or twisted”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wert-}} Proto-Indo-European *wert-, {{m|ine-pro|*werd-||to turn}} *werd- (“to turn”), {{cog|osx|worst||wurst}} Old Saxon worst (“wurst”), {{cog|ang|weorþan||to turn, become}} Old English weorþan (“to turn, become”), {{doublet|en|wors}} Doublet of wors, {{m|en|worsted||type of yarn}} worsted (“type of yarn”), {{m|en|worth||to be, become, betide}} worth (“to be, become, betide”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wurst (plural wursts)
  1. A German- or Austrian-style sausage. Categories (topical): Sausages Synonyms: würst Derived forms: blood wurst, liverwurst Translations (German- or Austrian-style sausage): wurst [masculine] (French), Wurst [feminine] (German), вурст (vurst) [masculine] (Russian), וווּרשט (vursht) [feminine, masculine] (Yiddish)

Adverb [German]

Audio: De-wurst.ogg , De-wurst2.ogg
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  1. (colloquial) anyway, anyhow Tags: colloquial Synonyms: egal, schnuppe, wurscht, Wurst
    Sense id: en-wurst-de-adv-9QtYye2l Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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