ערגסט

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Yiddish

Etymology

Old High German arg +‎ ־סט (-st) with umlaut. Compare German ärgsten, and more distantly Dutch ergst. Supplanted the original superlative of שלעכט (shlekht), which likely would have been *שלעכטסט (*shlekhtst).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ערגסט • (ergst)

  1. superlative degree of שלעכט (shlekht): worst

Declension

Declension of ערגסט
predicative ערגסט
ergst
case masculine neuter feminine plural
indefinite definite post./nom.
nominative ערגסטער
ergster 		ערגסט
ergst 		ערגסטע
ergste 		ערגסטס
ergsts 		ערגסטע
ergste 		ערגסטע
ergste
accusative ערגסטן
ergstn
dative ערגסטן
ergstn 		ערגסטער
ergster

References

  • Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “ערגסט”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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