wird

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪrt/

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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

Alternative forms

• word, wurd

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Scots word, from Middle English word, from Old English word (“word”), from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰom (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪrd/, /wʌrd/

Noun

wird (plural wirds)

1. A word (separable linguistic unit)
2. An utterance or remark.
   • 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, Matthew 1:22-23, page 3:

     Aa this happent at the wurd spokken bi the Lord throu the prophet micht be fulfilled: Behaud, the virgin will bouk an beir a son, an they will caa his name Immanuel— that is, "God with us".

     All of this happened so the statement made by the Lord through the prophet could be fulfilled: "Look, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they'll call him Immanuel", which means "God with us".

3. (religion) The Logos (Jesus Christ)
   • 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, Matthew 1:22-23, page 3:

     In the beginning o aa things the Wurd wis there ense, an the Wurd bade wi God, an the Wurd wis God.

     At the beginning of everything the Word was there, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

4. The sound of one's voice; a 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 and past participle wirdt)

1. to express oneself