ערגסט

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

  • IPA(key): /ɛrɡst/

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