Werder

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EtymologyEdit

From Old High German warid or werid, Middle High German wert, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waruþaz m or *waruþą n (only found in West Germanic). German variants include Werd, Wört and Wörth. The suffixed form on -er stems from Low German.[1] Cognate with Old English waroþ and Dutch waard.[2]

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

 
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Werder m (genitive Werders, plural Werder)

  1. eyot
  2. holm

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Werder
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Werder die Werder
genitive eines des Werders der Werder
dative einem dem Werder den Werdern
accusative einen den Werder die Werder

Proper nounEdit

 
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Werder

  1. any of several places in Germany and elsewhere

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "Werder", in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm (in German), Leipzig 1854-1961, online text, vol. 29, col. 271 ff.
  2. ^ Kluge, Friedrich (1989) , “Werder”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

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