Wirt

== English == === Proper noun === Wirt A surname. ==== Derived terms ==== Wirt County === Anagrams === ITRW, writ == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German wirt, wiert, wurt, wert, from Old High German wirt (“host”), from Proto-Germanic *werduz. Cognate with English ward, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wairdus), Dutch waard, Danish vært and Swedish värd. The sense “caretaker; someone responsible”, which is found in compounds, developed from the sense of “host; innkeeper” due to the latter's responsibilities for his guests. However, in many cases this use is based on a backformation from Wirtschaft (“economy”), particularly in academic titles like Betriebswirt, Volkswirt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɪʁt/, [vɪʁt], [vɪɐ̯t] Hyphenation: Wirt === Noun === Wirt m (strong, genitive Wirtes or Wirts, plural Wirte, feminine Wirtin) pubkeeper; innkeeper (dated) host (someone who receives a guest) Synonym: Gastgeber (biology) host (organism infested with a parasite) (only in compounds) agent; caretaker; someone responsible or knowledgeable ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Proper noun === Wirt m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Wirts or (with an article) Wirt, feminine genitive Wirt, plural Wirts) a surname === References === === Further reading === “Wirt” in Duden online “Wirt”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)