wert
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /wɝt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːt/
Audio (southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Verb[edit]
wert
- (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be
- Synonym: wast
- Why wert thou there?
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark, (first two lines of ode),
- "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ..."
- (archaic) second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be
- Synonym: were
- If thou wert mine, I would be in heaven!
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 8:6:
- If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ...
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 3:15:
- I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
References[edit]
- “wert”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “wert”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German wert, from Old High German werd, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz. See the English cognate worth for more.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
wert (strong nominative masculine singular werter, comparative werter, superlative am wertesten)
- (with accusative; higher register with genitive) worth something, worthy of something
- Das ist die Mühe nicht wert. ― That's not worth the effort.
- Sie fand es nicht der Mühe wert. ― She didn't find it worth the effort.
- Der Wein ist seinen Preis wert. ― The wine is worth its price.
- Gold(es) wert sein ― to be worth gold/worth its weight in gold
- Er ist die ganze Aufmerksamkeit nicht wert, die er bekommt. ― He's not worthy of all the attention he gets.
- (higher register, with genitive) worthy of someone
- Das ist meiner nicht wert. ― That’s below my dignity.
- (formal) dear
- Werte Gäste, ... ― Dear guests, ...
Usage notes[edit]
- In older usage, wert was generally construed with a genitive object. This is now restricted to elevated style or fixed expressions, for example: Wer den Pfennig nicht ehrt, ist des Talers nicht wert. — “Who doesn't honour the penny, isn't worthy of the dollar.” (An equivalent expression is “A penny saved is a penny earned”.)
- The genitive case is preferred when the object of wert is a person (or a group, organization, etc.). However, this usage is quite rare and würdig is more common instead.
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of wert
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist wert | sie ist wert | es ist wert | sie sind wert | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | werter | werte | wertes | werte |
genitive | werten | werter | werten | werter | |
dative | wertem | werter | wertem | werten | |
accusative | werten | werte | wertes | werte | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der werte | die werte | das werte | die werten |
genitive | des werten | der werten | des werten | der werten | |
dative | dem werten | der werten | dem werten | den werten | |
accusative | den werten | die werte | das werte | die werten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein werter | eine werte | ein wertes | (keine) werten |
genitive | eines werten | einer werten | eines werten | (keiner) werten | |
dative | einem werten | einer werten | einem werten | (keinen) werten | |
accusative | einen werten | eine werte | ein wertes | (keine) werten |
Comparative forms of wert
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist werter | sie ist werter | es ist werter | sie sind werter | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | werterer | wertere | werteres | wertere |
genitive | werteren | werterer | werteren | werterer | |
dative | werterem | werterer | werterem | werteren | |
accusative | werteren | wertere | werteres | wertere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der wertere | die wertere | das wertere | die werteren |
genitive | des werteren | der werteren | des werteren | der werteren | |
dative | dem werteren | der werteren | dem werteren | den werteren | |
accusative | den werteren | die wertere | das wertere | die werteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein werterer | eine wertere | ein werteres | (keine) werteren |
genitive | eines werteren | einer werteren | eines werteren | (keiner) werteren | |
dative | einem werteren | einer werteren | einem werteren | (keinen) werteren | |
accusative | einen werteren | eine wertere | ein werteres | (keine) werteren |
Superlative forms of wert
Derived terms[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
Middle Dutch[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Dutch *wert, *wirt, from Proto-Germanic *werduz.
Noun[edit]
wert m
Inflection[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Dutch: waard
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
wert
- inflection of werden:
Further reading[edit]
- “wert (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wert (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
wert
- Alternative form of wort (“plant”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
wert
- Alternative form of vert
Adjective[edit]
wert
- Alternative form of vert
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
wert
- Alternative form of warte
Northern Kurdish[edit]
Noun[edit]
wert ?
Silesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wert m
Further reading[edit]
- wert in silling.org
Wolof[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
wert
- to be green
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