Welt
See also: welt
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Proper noun
[edit]Welt (plural Welts)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Welt is the 42030th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 517 individuals. Welt is most common among White (95.74%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Welt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle High German wëlt, assimilative contraction of older wërlt, from Old High German wëralt, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Cognate to English world, Dutch wereld, Swedish värld.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Welt f (genitive Welt, plural Welten)
- world
- Georg Büchner, Dantons Tod. Ein Drama (Condor Bibliothek im Apollo Verlag, Lindau, p. 50)
- CAMILLE: Die Welt ist der Ewige Jude, das Nichts ist der Tod, aber er ist unmöglich.
- The world is the Eternal Jew, the vacuum (Nought) is Death, but that is impossible.
- Karl Marx (1978) [1845], “Thesen über Feuerbach”, in Marx-Engels-Werke[1], volume 3, page 7; English translation from Marx/Engels Collected Works, volume 5, 1976, page 5
- Die Philosophen haben die Welt nur verschieden interpretiert, es kömmt drauf an, sie zu verändern.
- The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.
- Georg Büchner, Dantons Tod. Ein Drama (Condor Bibliothek im Apollo Verlag, Lindau, p. 50)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Welt | die | Welten |
| genitive | einer | der | Welt | der | Welten |
| dative | einer | der | Welt | den | Welten |
| accusative | eine | die | Welt | die | Welten |
- An older dative/genitive singular form, Welten, survives in proverbs, such as Undank ist der Welten Lohn.
Derived terms
[edit]- aus der Welt
- Gedankenwelt
- Götterwelt
- Lebenswelt
- nicht die Welt
- Weltall
- Weltanschauung
- Weltatlas
- Weltausstellung
- Weltbank
- Weltbaum
- weltbekannt
- weltberühmt
- Weltbestleistung
- Weltbestzeit
- Weltbevölkerung
- Weltbild
- Weltbürger
- Weltende
- Weltereignis
- Weltfrieden
- Welthauptstadt
- Weltjudentum
- Weltkarte
- Weltkrieg
- Weltkugel
- weltlich
- Weltliteratur
- Weltmacht
- Weltmann
- Weltmarke
- Weltmarkt
- Weltmaßstab
- Weltmeer
- Weltmeister
- Weltmeisterschaft
- Weltmensch
- Weltneuheit
- weltoffen
- Weltöffentlichkeit
- Weltordnung
- Weltpolitik
- Weltpolizist
- Weltpresse
- Weltrang
- Weltrangliste
- Weltraum
- Weltrekordhalter
- Weltschmerz
- Weltseele
- Weltsprache
- Weltstadt
- Welttournee
- Weltturnier
- Weltumrundung
- Weltumsegelung
- Weltumsegler
- Weltumseglung
- Weltuntergang
- Weltverband
- Weltverbesserer
- Weltwährungssystem
- weltweit
- Weltwirtschaft
- Weltwirtschaftsgipfel
- Weltwirtschaftskrise
- Weltwissen
- Weltwunder
- Weltzeit
- Weltzeitalter
Further reading
[edit]- “Welt” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Welt”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)
- “Welt” in Duden online
Hunsrik
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle High German wëlt, assimilative contraction of older wërlt, from Old High German wëralt, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Welt f (plural Welte)
Further reading
[edit]- Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Welt”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 174, column 1
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle High German wëlt, assimilative contraction of older wërlt, from Old High German wëralt, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Cognate with German Welt, Dutch wereld, English world.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Welt f (plural Welten)
Further reading
[edit]- Welt in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare German Welt, Dutch wereld, English world, Swedish värld.
Noun
[edit]Welt f (plural Welder)
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle High German
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wiHrós
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms derived from Old High German
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyh₁-
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyh₁-
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wiHrós
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ɛlt
- Rhymes:German/ɛlt/1 syllable
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German terms with quotations
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hunsrik terms derived from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wiHrós
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyh₁-
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik 1-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/elt
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/elt/1 syllable
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik feminine nouns
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- Luxembourgish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyh₁-
- Luxembourgish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wiHrós
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish feminine nouns
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German nouns
- Pennsylvania German feminine nouns
