väärti

Finnish

Alternative forms

väärtti

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish värd (“worth”); compare Swedish värde (“value”). Doublet of verta and vörtti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋæːrti/, [ˈʋæːrt̪i]
Rhymes: -æːrti
Syllabification^(key): väär‧ti

Adjective

väärti (not comparable) (informal, dialectal)

worth
Synonym: arvoinen

vaivansa väärti ― worth the trouble

Related terms

verta

Further reading

“väärti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

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