different between nurst vs wurst

English

Etymology

nurse +? -t

Verb

nurst

1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of nurse
   • a. 1928, Thomas Hardy, Then and Now

     They would not deign / To profit by a stain / On the honourable rules, / Knowing that practise perfidy no man durst / Who in the heroic schools / Was nurst.

Anagrams

• runts, turns

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