verst

== English == === Alternative forms === versta verste werst === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian верста́ (verstá), partly through German Werst and French verste. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɜːst/ (General American) IPA(key): /vɝst/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st Homophone: versed === Noun === verst (plural versts) A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about 2⁄3 of a mile. 1849, "The Observatory at Pulkowa" The North American Review Volume 0069 Issue 144 (July 1849): |The hill Pulkowa, twelve miles (seventeen wersts) south of Admiralty Palace in St. Petersburg, […] ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === 'verts, trevs, verts == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɛrst/ Rhymes: -ɛrst === Adjective === verst superlative degree of ver === Adjective === verst superlative degree of vers == Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [vɛst] === Adverb === verst worst, superlative degree of illa == Icelandic == === Adverb === verst worst, superlative degree of illa == Middle English == === Noun === verst first === Adjective === verst first === Adverb === verst first == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === vondest === Etymology === From Old Norse verstr. === Pronunciation === (Fredrikstad) IPA(key): [ʋɛ̝ʂːʈ] === Adjective === verst indefinite singular superlative degree of vond: worst indefinite singular superlative degree of ille: worst indefinite singular superlative degree of ond: worst === References === “verst” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse verst. === Adverb === verst worst === References === “verst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Adverb === verst superlative degree of ílla (“badly”)