wert

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 References 1.3 See also 2 German 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective 3 Kurdish 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

[edit] Verb

wert

1. (archaic) Second-person singular simple past tense subjunctive of be (used with the pronoun "thou").

   If thou wert mine, I would be in heaven!

   • 1611, The Bible, King James (Authorised) Version, (first & last usages),

     Job 8:6 "If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ..."

     Revelation 3:15 "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot."

   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark, (first two lines of ode),

     "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ..."

[edit] Synonyms

• (second-person singular, modern) were (used with "you")

[edit] References

• “wert” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “wert” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

[edit] See also

am are is art be being

been beest was wast were

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From Middle High German wert, akin to Old Saxon werth.

[edit] Adjective

wert (+ genitive)

1. Worth (sth).

   Eigener Herd ist Goldes wert.

   Home sweet home

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[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Noun

wert

1. descendence