פּרוּוון

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German brüeven, borrowed from Old French prover, from Latin probō, probāre. Doublet of פּרובירן (prubirn). Cognate with German prüfen.

Verb

פּרוּוון (pruvn)

  1. to try, to attempt
    • The Yiddish Forward, 22 July 2015
      ווען איך בין געווען 24 יאָר אַלט, האָט אַ פֿרומע שדכנטע מיך געפּרוּווט צונויפֿפֿירן מיט אַ מאַן, וואָס איז געווען עלטער פֿון מײַנע טאַטע־מאַמע.
      ven ikh bin geven 24 yor alt, hot a frume shadkhnte mikh gepruvt tsunoyffirn mit a man, vos iz geven elter fun mayne tate-mame.
      When I was 24 years old, an Orthodox shadchen tried to set me up with a man who was older than my parents.
  2. to try, to test, to try out
  3. to taste
    Synonym: פּרובירן (prubirn)

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