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wurst

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /wɝst/
  • General-American: /vɝst/
  • General-American: /vʊɹst/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /wɜːst/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /vɜːst/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /vʊəst/
  • homophone: worst (one pronunciation)
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)st
  • CMU ARPABET: W ER1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A German- or Austrian-style sausage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

First attested in 1890. Borrowed from German Wurst (“sausage, wurst”), from Middle High German wurst, from Old High German wurst, from Proto-West Germanic *wursti (“something turned or twisted”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-, *werd- (“to turn”). Akin to Old Saxon worst (“wurst”), Old English weorþan (“to turn, become”). Doublet of wors. Unrelated to worsted (“type of yarn”). More at worth (“to be, become, betide”).

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: wurst — German- or Austrian-style sausage
  • German: Wurst — German- or Austrian-style sausage
  • Russian: вурст (vurst) — German- or Austrian-style sausage
  • Yiddish: וווּרשט (vursht) — German- or Austrian-style sausage