וועסנע

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian, Ukrainian весна́ (vesná) (although note the shift in syllable stress), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vesna. Compare Belarusian вясна́ (vjasná), Polish wiosna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛsnə/

Noun

וועסנע • (vesne) f, plural וועסנעס (vesnes)

1. spring (season)

   Synonyms: פֿרילינג (friling), פֿאַרפּסח (farpeysekh), פֿרי־יאָר (fri-yor)

Derived terms

• וועסנעצײַט (vesnetsayt, “spring”)
• וועסנע־פֿאַרפֿלייצונג (vesne-farfleytsung, “frechet”)

See also

Seasons in Yiddish · סעזאָנען (sezonen) (layout · text) · category
פֿרילינג (friling, “spring”), וועסנע (vesne, “spring”), פֿאַרפּסח (farpeysekh, “spring”)	זומער (zumer, “summer”)	האַרבסט (harbst, “autumn”), אָסיען (osyen, “autumn”)	ווינטער (vinter, “winter”), רעגנצײַט (regntsayt, “(Israel) winter”)

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “וועסנע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “spring”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN