Werder
GermanEdit
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
Werder m (genitive Werders, plural Werder)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Werder
Proper nounEdit
Werder
- any of several places in Germany and elsewhere
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Werder", in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm (in German), Leipzig 1854-1961, online text, vol. 29, col. 271 ff.
- ^ 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
Further readingEdit
- “Werder” in Duden online