Welt
See also: welt
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editWelt (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
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle High German wëlt, assimilative contraction of older wërlt, from Old High German weralt, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Cognate to English world, Dutch wereld, Swedish värld.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWelt 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 Work, 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
editDeclension of Welt [feminine]
- 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
- “Welt” in Duden online
Hunsrik
editPronunciation
editNoun
editWelt f (plural Welte)
Further reading
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Old High German weralt, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Cognate with German Welt, Dutch wereld, English world.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWelt f (plural Welten)
Further reading
edit- Welt in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
Pennsylvania German
editEtymology
editCompare German Welt, Dutch wereld, English world, Swedish värld.
Noun
editWelt f (plural Welder)
Derived terms
editCategories:
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from German
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-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 1-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik feminine nouns
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-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