פּרווון

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin probare, cognate to German probieren and English prove, probe.

Verb

פּרווון (pruvn)

  1. to try, to attempt
    • The Yiddish Forward, 22 July 2015
      ווען איך בין געווען 24 יאָר אַלט, האָט אַ פֿרומע שדכנטע מיך געפּרוּווט צונויפֿפֿירן מיט אַ מאַן, וואָס איז געווען עלטער פֿון מײַנע טאַטע־מאַמע
      When I was 24 years old, an Orthodox shadchan tried to set me up with a man who was older than my parents.
  2. to try, to test, to try out
  3. to taste

Conjugation

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