Wurt

== Bavarian == === Alternative forms === Wuat (alternative spelling) Wort Wåoscht (South Central Bavarian, Tyrol) === Etymology === From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vʊɐd̥/, /βʊɐd̥/ Homophone: Wuad === Noun === Wurt n (plural Wearter) (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, Vienna) word == German == === Etymology === From Low German Wurt, Wort, from Middle Low German wurt, from Old Saxon wurth, from Proto-Germanic *wurþiz. Cognate with Dutch woerd (“man-made hill”), Icelandic urð (“area covered by fallen rocks”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vʊʁt/, [vʊʁt], [vʊɐ̯t] === Noun === Wurt f (genitive Wurt, plural Wurten) man-made hill or elevation (as used in low areas to protect farmhouses against flooding) Synonym: Warft ==== Usage notes ==== Historic Wurten are particularly important for archeology and the term is often met with in this context. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Wurtenforschung