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单词 wert
释义

wert

See also: Wert and -wert

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /wɝt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Verb

wert

  1. (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, ..."
  2. (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 964384981, 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 964384981, Revelation 3:15:
      I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

References

  • “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

  • am
  • are
  • is
  • art
  • be
  • being
  • been
  • beest
  • was
  • wast
  • were

Anagrams

  • Trew, trew

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wert, from Old High German werd, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz. See the English cognate worth for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veːɐ̯t/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /vɛɐ̯t/ (equally common)
  • (file)

Adjective

wert (strong nominative masculine singular werter, comparative werter, superlative am wertesten)

  1. (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 seinto 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.
  2. (higher register, with genitive) worthy of someone
    Das ist meiner nicht wert.That’s below my dignity.
  3. (formal) dear
    Werte Gäste, ...Dear guests, ...

Usage notes

  • 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

Derived terms

  • wertfrei
  • wertlos
  • Wert

Further reading

  • wert” in Duden online
  • wert” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *wert, *wirt, from Proto-Germanic *werduz.

Noun

wert m

  1. host
  2. innkeeper
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms
  • wāert
  • wēert
Descendants
  • Dutch: waard

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

wert

  1. inflection of werden:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    3. singular/plural imperative

Further reading

  • 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

Noun

wert

  1. Alternative form of wort (plant)

Noun

wert

  1. Alternative form of vert

Adjective

wert

  1. Alternative form of vert

Noun

wert

  1. Alternative form of warte

Northern Kurdish

Noun

wert ?

  1. descendence

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wert.

Noun

wert m

  1. value

Wolof

Etymology

From French verte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛrt/

Verb

wert

  1. to be green
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