Verterbukh

Does anyone know the origin of this word? Sounds like it could be from Polish or Russian? Interesting that it has so many "meanings," however it seems to me it's an exclamation for anything in the "miracle" or "can you believe" realm.

‎שׂ:
ס׳ווערט געשריבן ״סין״ אין ״אויסלייג תּקנות פֿון ייִדיש״ פֿון ייִוואָ, ווילנע, 1935
ז׳ 5

I thought this meant acid reflux.

ס׳קען אױך אַרױסגערעדט װערן ״קלײ־זע׳מער״ מיטן באַטײַט מוצוזיקאַשע אינסטרומענטן.

װאָס איז זיבן איז אַ ליגן

I don't see the point of sending you from alemen -> (to) alts when there are differences between them. E.g., "nokh alts" and "nokh alemen" have different definitions.

I think it's important that there also be a definition given that has to do directly with the verb shlogn -- like "beaten down, crushed, oppressed," something like that. Something more equivalent to the French option of "abattu" given here, which is more in the same semantic field as dershlogn.

In following excerpt from the definition of durkhfirn does the 'decision, law' field marker in parenthesis apply to BOTH 'enforce' and 'apply' -- or only to the latter:
enforce, apply (decision, law)

Is this rule (it applies to both or just the one closest) applied throughout the dictionary.

Note: I own the hardcopy version and the User's Guide does not address this issue (at least that I could find). It would be helpful to address this issue in a future edition of the Dictionary.