wert

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

wert

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be

   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

   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."

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

• “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.

• Trew, trew

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

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

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wert (comparative werter, superlative am wertesten)

1. (with accusative) worth something, worthy of something

   Das ist die Mühe nicht wert. ― That's not worth the effort.

   Der Wein ist seinen Preis wert. ― The wine is worth its price.

   Er ist die ganze Aufmerksamkeit nicht wert, die er bekommt. ― He's not worthy of all the attention he gets.

2. (formal, with genitive) worthy of someone

   Das ist meiner nicht wert. ― That’s below my dignity

3. (formal) dear

   Werte Gäste, ... ― Dear guests, ...

• In older usage, wert was generally construed with a genitive object: Das ist der Mühe nicht wert. This is now archaic, except in 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.” (A saying equivalent to “A penny saved is a penny earned”.)
• The genitive case is still used 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.

• wertfrei
• wertlos

• Wert

• wert in Duden online

wert

1. descendence

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

wert m

1. host
2. innkeeper

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• wāert
• wēert

• Dutch: waard

See the etymology of the main entry.

wert

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

• “wert (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “wert (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

wert

1. Alternative form of wort (“plant”)

Borrowed from German Wert.

wert m

1. value

From French verte.

• IPA^(key): /wɛrt/

wert

1. to be green