See also: welt

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Welt.

Proper noun edit

Welt (plural Welts)

  1. 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.

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German edit

Etymology edit

Inherited 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 edit

  • IPA(key): /vɛlt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Noun edit

Welt f (genitive Welt, plural Welten)

  1. 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.

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Hunsrik edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Welt f (plural Welte)

  1. world

Further reading edit

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Old High German weralt, 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)

  1. world

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)

  1. world

Derived terms edit