וועסנע

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian, Ukrainian весна́ (vesná) (although note the shift in syllable stress), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vesna. Compare Belarusian вясна́ (vjasná), Polish wiosna.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛsnə/

Noun

וועסנע • (vesne) f, plural וועסנעס (vesnes)

  1. spring (season)
    Synonyms: פֿרילינג (friling), פֿאַרפּסח (farpeysekh), פֿרי־יאָר (fri-yor)

Derived terms
  • וועסנעצײַט (vesnetsayt, “spring”)
  • וועסנע־פֿאַרפֿלייצונג (vesne-farfleytsung, “frechet”)

See also
Seasons in Yiddish · סעזאָנען (sezonen) (layout · text) · category
פֿרילינג (friling, “spring”),

וועסנע (vesne, “spring”),
פֿאַרפּסח (farpeysekh, “spring”)

 זומער (zumer, “summer”) האַרבסט (harbst, “autumn”),

אָסיען (osyen, “autumn”)

 ווינטער (vinter, “winter”),

רעגנצײַט (regntsayt, “(Israel) winter”)

References
  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “וועסנע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “spring”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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