Wurst Definition
wûrst, wo͝orst
noun
Sausage.
Bratwurst, knackwurst, etc.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Wurst
Noun
Singular:
wurst
Plural:
wrsts, wurstsOrigin of Wurst
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1890, from German Wurst (“sausage, wurst") from Middle High German wurst, from Old High German wurst, from Proto-Germanic *wurstiz (“something turned or twisted"), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-, *-d- (“to turn"). Akin to Old Saxon worst (“wurst"), Old English weorþan (“to turn, become"). Unrelated to worsted (“type of yarn"). More at worth (“to be, become, betide").
From Wiktionary
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German from Middle High German from Old High German wers- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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