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Yiddish words beginning with ו

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This page lists the 39 words beginning with ו in the Yiddish community dictionary. Each word has its own page with its full meaning and example sentence. This data is openly available at no cost for language preservation and research, with attribution to LanguageKnow. You can return to the home page or browse all languages at any time.

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39 words and 0 phrases — 39 entries in total.

Words (39)

ו (39)

וואָיעוואָדע (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

voivode (a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe)

וואַלד (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

forest

וואָלף (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

wolf

וואַנדערן (Yiddish) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to wander, travel

וואַנט (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

wall (of a building; especially an inner wall)

וואַסער (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

water

וואָסער (Yiddish) det Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

which (used with a singular noun; compare וואָסערע (vosere))

וואָסערע (Yiddish) det Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

which (used with plural nouns, compare וואָסער)

וואָפֿן (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

weapon

וואָרט (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

word

וואָרעם (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

worm

וווּ (Yiddish) adv Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

where

וווינען (Yiddish) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to live, dwell, reside

וווּנד (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

wound

וווּרשט (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

sausage

וווּרשטל (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

hot dog, frankfurter, frank

וויאָלעט (Yiddish) adj Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

violet

וויגן (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to swing, as though in a cradle; to rock back and forth

ווײַזן (Yiddish) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

show, point out (to display)

ווײַן (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

wine

ווײַס (Yiddish) adj Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

white

ווײַסרוסיש (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

the Belarusian language

ווייץ (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

wheat (grain)

ווייקען (Yiddish) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to say "vey"

ווינטערצײַט (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

wintertime (the season of winter)

ווינטשן (Yiddish) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

wish

וויסקיי (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

whiskey

וויפֿל (Yiddish) det Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

how much, how many

וועבזײַטל (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

website (a collection of pages on the World Wide Web)

וועט־זײַן (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

future

וועלך (Yiddish) pron Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

which

וועלן (Yiddish) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to want

ווערב (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

verb (a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

ווערטערבוך (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

dictionary

ווערטערקלאַס (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

part of speech

ווערסט (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

verst (Russian unit of length)

וועש (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

laundry (that which needs to be laundered)

וועשער (Yiddish) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

washer, laundryman (person who washes for a living)

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