וועסנע

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Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian, Ukrainian весна́ (vesná) (although note the shift in syllable stress), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vesna. Compare Belarusian вясна́ (vjasná), Polish wiosna.

Pronunciation

Noun

וועסנע (vesnef, plural וועסנעס (vesnes)

  1. spring (season)
    Synonyms: פֿרילינג (friling), פֿאַרפּסח (farpeysekh), פֿרי־יאָר (fri-yor)

Derived terms

See also

Seasons in Yiddish · סעזאָנען (sezonen) (layout · text) · category
פֿרילינג (friling, spring),

וועסנע (vesne, spring),
פֿאַרפּסח (farpeysekh, spring)

זומער (zumer, summer) האַרבסט (harbst, autumn),

אָסיען (osyen, autumn)

ווינטער (vinter, winter),

רעגנצײַט (regntsayt, (Israel) winter)

References

  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “וועסנע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “spring”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN