wird

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪɐ̯t/

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• Homophone: Wirt

Verb

wird

1. third-person singular present of werden

Middle English

Noun

wird

1. Alternative form of werde

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English word, from Old English word (“word”), from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wɪrd], [wʌrd]

Noun

wird (plural wirds)

1. word
2. utterance, remark
3. the sound of one's voice, way of speaking

Derived terms

• guid wirds (“children's prayers”)
• horseman's wird (“a code word revealed on joining a horsemen's secret society”)
• owerwird (“the chorus of poem or song”)
• pit up a wird (“to say a prayer”)
• speak a wird tae (“to admonish”)
• sweir-wird (“swear-word”)
• tryst-wird (“password”)

Verb

wird (third-person singular simple present wirds, present participle wirdin, simple past wirdt, past participle wirdt)

1. to express oneself