Woërt

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om. Doublet of Värrep (“verb”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɔə̯ʁt/
  • Hyphenation: Woërt
  • Rhymes: -ɔə̯ʁt

Noun

Woërt n (plural Wöërt, diminutive Wörrtje)

  1. (Eupen) word as an isolated unit
  2. (Eupen) utterance, word with context
  3. (Eupen, uncountable) speech, speaking, (figuratively) floor
  4. (Eupen, uncountable, figuratively) promise, word
  5. (Eupen, Christianity) the Word (epithet for Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity)
  6. (Eupen, biblical) the Word of God, Scripture, the scriptures (collectively)

Derived terms

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