War noun = da war
- Wars noun = di wars plural
Warning noun = da warning
Wasted verb = gwayst past tense
Du hosht en latt gwayst!
Wasted adj = gwayst
So feel ess-sacha is gwayst.
Watch verb = vatsha
- (ich) vatsh
- (eah/see/es) = vatsht
- (miah) vatsha
- (si) vatsha
The Watchtower (magazine) noun = Da Vatshtavvah
Weather noun = es veddah
Miah henn samm shay veddah katt.
Weekend noun = da weekend
Weird adj = weird
- weirdi (with f nouns)
- weird (with neu nouns)
When = vann (See also Eb vs Vann language lesson)
Whether = eb (when talking about 2 possible options or outcomes; not to be confused with if) (See also Eb vs Vann language lesson) (Compare with before)
Di Donna vill vissa eb du hinkel-flaysh adda fish vitt.
Which (one) (as in one in particular)
- Which (one) = vellah (with m nouns)
Vellah hoot gleichsht du’s besht? - Which (one/s) = velli (with f and pl nouns)
Velli promises gleichsht du’s besht? - Which (one) = vels (with neu nouns; when used with funn)
Da nohma sawkt vels buch in di library.
Vels funn dee songs gleichsht du’s besht?
While = veil
Du zaylsht en latt may lanna veil’s miah mitt-nannah shvetza veyyich di lessons.
Will be verb = (eah/see/es) vatt
Nimmand vatt kfrohkt fa geld.
Will be given verb = (eah/see/es) vatt gevva
’Sis zvay-dawk lang un vatt gevva bei di organizers.
Willing adj = willing (not villing)
Wisdom noun = es wisdom / di veisheit
Wish verb = vodda
Ich vott s’veah Samshdawk so’s miah gay kenna ebbel geddahra.
- (ich) vott
- (du) votsht
- (eah/see/es) = vott
- (miah) vodda
- (diah) voddet
- (si) vodda
- Wished verb = gvott past tense
Without = unni
(See also unless)
Witness noun = da witness
Es voahra feel leit funn lang zrikk es en witness gevva henn veyyich iahra glawva.
Veah is da besht witness?
Witness verb = witnesa
Vi kenna miah patient sei vann miah witnesa zu em sei family?
Women noun = di veibsleit plural
Wonder verb = vunra
- Wondered verb = gvunnaht past tense
Wondering verb = am vunra
Work noun = di eahvet (the place and type of work)
Work verb = shaffa (action of doing work)
Workbook (Life & Ministry Workbook) noun = es Ministry un Layva Fasamling Workbuch
Work out verb = aus shaffa
- (eah/see/es) aus shaft
…en blatz un zeit es’s besht aus shaft fa dich. - (miah) aus shaffa
- (si) aus shaffa
Worn out adj = ausgvoahra
Mei glaydah gukka ausgvoahra.
Worries noun = di wohris plural
Worry verb = wohriya
- Worried verb = gwohrit past tense
Worried adj = gwohrit (often with sei or vadda)
Worse adj = shlimmah (more terrible or awful)
- Worst adj (most terrible or awful)
- shlimsht (with neu nouns)
- shlimshtah (with m nouns)
- shlimshti (with f and pl nouns)
Worthwhile adj = diveaht
’S mecht en latt effort nemma, avvah es zayld diveaht sei.
Would verb = dayda
Would be verb = veahra
- (du) veahsht
- (eah/see/es) veah
Es veah goot vann du di kee feedra daytsht dimeiya. - (miah) veahra
- (si) veahra
Would have verb = hedda
Would have to / would need to verb = mista
Ich mist een frohwa eb miah en decision macha.
- (ich) mist
- (miah) mista
- (si) mista
Would want verb = vedda
- (ich) vett
- (du) vetsht
- (eah/see/es) vett
- (miah) vedda
- (diah) veddet
- (si) vedda
Wrinkly adj = runslich
Vann du shmohksht, zayld dei haut runslich vadda.