different between versta vs verst

English

Noun

versta (plural verstas)

1. Alternative form of verst

Anagrams

• averts, ravest, starve, tarves, traves, vaster

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

versta

1. first-person singular present indicative of verstaan
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of verstaan
3. imperative of verstaan

Anagrams

• verast

Portuguese

Noun

versta f (plural verstas)

1. verst; versta (Russian unit of length equivalent to 1.07 kilometers)

English

Alternative forms

• versta
• verste
• werst

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ??????? (verstá), partly through German Werst and French verste.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v??st/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /v?st/

Noun

verst (plural versts)

1. A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ²?₃ of a mile.
   • 1849, "The Observatory at Pulkowa" The North American Review Volume 0069 Issue 144 (July 1849):

     |The hill Pulkowa, twelve miles (seventeen wersts) south of Admiralty Palace in St. Petersburg, […]

   • 1918, Aylmer and Louise Maude, trans. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Oxford 1998, p. 604:

     ‘Is it much further, Michael?’ she asked the clerk, to dispel the thoughts that frightened her. ‘They say it's seven versts from this village.’

   • 1988, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron:

     You have to tramp three or four versts to get to the exhibition of war loot, past Fabergé eggs and the Impressionists.

Translations

Anagrams

• 'verts, trevs, verts

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rst

Adjective

verst

1. Superlative form of ver

Adjective

verst

1. Superlative form of vers

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [v?st]

Adverb

verst

1. worst, superlative degree of illa

Icelandic

Adverb

verst

1. worst, superlative degree of illa

Middle English

Noun

verst

1. first

Adjective

verst

1. first

Adverb

verst

1. first

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• vondest

Etymology

From Old Norse verstr.

Pronunciation

• (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA^(key): [??????]

Adjective

verst

1. indefinite singular superlative degree of vond: worst
2. indefinite singular superlative degree of ille: worst
3. indefinite singular superlative degree of ond: worst

References

• “verst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse verst

Adverb

verst

1. worst

References

• “verst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.