different between hurst vs wurst

English

Etymology

From Middle English hirst (“wood, grove; hillock; sandbank, sandbar”), from Old English hyrst (“hillock, eminence, height, wood, wooded eminence”), from Proto-West Germanic *hursti; akin to Dutch horst (“thicket; bird's nest”), German Horst (“thicket, nest”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /h?st/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h??st/
• Rhymes: -??(?)st

Noun

hurst (plural hursts)

1. (rare outside place names) A wood or grove.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 2 p. 27[1]:

     Where, to her neighboring Chase, the curteous Forrest show’d

     So just conceived joy, that from each rising a hurst,

     Where many a goodlie Oake had carefullie been nurst,

   • 2000, Grazing Ecology and Forest History ?ISBN, page 150:

     A blackthorn seedling can in this way expand into a hurst of 0,1-0, 5 ha in the space of 10 years, […]

Translations

Anagrams

• Hurts, Stuhr, Thurs, hurts

English

Alternative forms

• würst

Etymology

[1890] Borrowed 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-, *werd- (“to turn”). Akin to Old Saxon worst (“wurst”), Old English weorþan (“to turn, become”). Doublet of wors. Unrelated to worsted (“type of yarn”). More at worth (“to be, become, betide”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /w?st/, /v?st/, /v??st/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /w??st/, /v??st/, /v??st/
• Homophone: worst (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -??(?)st

Noun

wurst (plural wursts)

1. A German- or Austrian-style sausage.
   • 2011, Dardis McNamee, Frommer's Austria

     In summer, you're welcomed into a flower-decked garden set against a backdrop of ancient vineyards. You can fill up your platter with some of the best wursts and roast meats (especially the delectable pork), along with freshly made salads.

Translations

Derived terms

• blood wurst
• liverwurst

German

Alternative forms

• wurscht, Wurst

Pronunciation

Adverb

wurst

1. (colloquial) anyway, anyhow

Synonyms

• egal
• schnuppe

Further reading

• “wurst” in Duden online