Wirt

From Middle High German wirt , wiert , wurt , wert , from Old High German wirt ("host"), from Proto-Germanic *werduz . Cognate with English ward , Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wairdus ), Dutch waard ,^[1] Danish vært and Swedish värd . The sense "caretaker; someone responsible", which is found in compounds, developed from the sense of "host; innkeeper" due to the latter's responsibilities for his guests. However, in many cases this use is based on a backformation from Wirtschaft ("economy"), particularly in academic titles like Betriebswirt , Volkswirt .

Pronunciation

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IPA ^(key): /vɪʁt/, [vɪʁt], [vɪɐ̯t]
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Wirt m (strong , genitive Wirtes or Wirts , plural Wirte , feminine Wirtin )

pubkeeper; innkeeper
(dated ) host (someone who receives a guest)
Synonym: Gastgeber
(biology ) host (organism infested with a parasite)
(only in compounds) agent; caretaker; someone responsible or knowledgeable

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Declension of Wirt [masculine, strong]

singular			plural
indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wirt	die	Wirte
genitive	eines	des	Wirtes , Wirts	der	Wirte
dative	einem	dem	Wirt, Wirte ¹	den	Wirten
accusative	einen	den	Wirt	die	Wirte

¹Now rare, see notes.

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Wirt m or f (proper noun , surname, masculine genitive Wirts or (with an article) Wirt, feminine genitive Wirt, plural Wirts )

a surname

References

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^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) "Wirt", in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language ] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

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