werlt

werlt

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Germanic *weraz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
Proto-Germanic *alaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-Germanic *aldiz
Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
Old High German wëralt
Middle High German wërlt

    Inherited from Old High German wëralt.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈwɛrlt/

    Noun

    wërlt f

    1. world

    Declension

    Declension of wërlt (strong feminine ending in a consonant)
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein diu wërlt die wërlde
    genitive einer dër wërlde, wërlt dër wërlde
    dative einer dër wërlde, wërlt dën wërlden
    accusative eine die wërlt die wërlde

    Descendants

    • Alemannic German: Wält
    • Bavarian: Wejt, Wöd, Wölt
    • Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Welt
      Luxembourgish: Welt
      Transylvanian Saxon: Wält
    • German: Welt
    • Rhine Franconian:
      Pennsylvania German: Welt
    • Vilamovian: wełt
    • Yiddish: וועלט (velt)

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “wërlt”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 3rd edition
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