וועלט

Yiddish

Etymology

Contraction of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German weralt, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Compare German Welt. Cognate to English world, Dutch wereld, Swedish värld.

Noun

וועלט • (velt) f, plural וועלטן (veltn)

1. world

Derived terms

• וועלטייל (velteyl, “continent”)
• וועלטלעך (veltlekh, “secular, profane, mundane”)
• וועלטסווערטל (veltsvertl, “proverb”)
• וועלטסמענטש (veltsmentsh, “worldly person”)