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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Wirt

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /vɪʁt/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tavern-keeper/ˈtæv.ənˌkiː.pər/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #28500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Wirt begrüßte die Gäste an der Theke."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who owns or manages a tavern or public house.

    "The friendly tavern-keeper welcomed the weary travelers with a warm bowl of stew and a mug of ale."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'tavern', derived from the Latin 'taberna' meaning a hut or shop via Old French, and 'keeper', originating from Old English 'cēpan' meaning to keep, hold, or guard. First appearing in Middle English documents, the compound historically designated the owner or manager responsible for running a public house serving alcoholic drinks and food.

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