Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bashert

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bash-ert
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

preordained, fated

noun

One's predestined soulmate.

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish באַשערט (bashert), from Middle High German beschern. Compare German bescheren.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: באַשערט, beschern

Inflected Forms

more bashert (comparative) most bashert (superlative) beshert (alternative) basherts (plural)

Questions

What does bashert mean?: preordained, fated
Where does bashert come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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