Wort
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German wort. Compare Dutch woord, English word, Danish ord. Doublet of Verb.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWort n (strong, genitive Wortes or Worts, plural Wörter or Worte, diminutive Wörtchen n or Wörtlein n)
- (plural Wörter) word as an isolated unit
- Im Deutschen gibt es wenig Wörter, die mit y geschrieben werden.
- In German there are few words spelt with y.
- (plural Worte) utterance, word with context
- Er erklärte das Problem mit wenigen Worten.
- He explained the problem in few words.
- Keiner wagte dem Wort des Königs zu widersprechen.
- No one dared contradict the king's word.
- (uncountable) speech, speaking, (figuratively) floor
- Er beherrscht unsere Sprache in Wort und Schrift.
- He masters our language in speech and writing.
- Der Präsident erteilte dem Abgeordneten das Wort.
- The president gave the delegate the floor.
- (uncountable) promise, (figuratively) word
- Ich gebe dir mein Wort, dass ich pünktlich da bin.
- I give you my word that I shall be there on time.
- (Christianity) the Word (epithet for Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity)
- (biblical) the Word of God, Scripture, the scriptures (collectively)
Usage notes
edit- A clear distinction is usually made in the standard language between the plural forms Wörter and Worte (as above). Note, however, the compound Sprichwort (“proverb”), whose plural is more commonly Sprichwörter rather than the expected Sprichworte. Generally, the distinction is much less clear in colloquial German, where Worte is not seldom heard for sense 1, and Wörter is occasionally heard for sense 2.
Declension
editDeclension of Wort [neuter, strong]
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- Anfangswort
- Bastardwort
- Bestimmungswort
- Erbwort
- Fragewort
- Fremdwort
- Funktionswort
- Grundwort
- Hauptwort
- Kennwort
- Kunstwort
- Kurzwort
- Lehnwort
- Mischwort
- mit anderen Worten
- Passwort
- Schimpfwort
- Schlüsselwort
- Schlusswort
- Sprichwort
- Wortanalyse
- Wortanfang
- Wortanlaut
- Wortbedeutung
- Wortbetonung
- Wortende
- Wörterbuch
- Worterkennung
- Worterklärung
- wortgetreu
- wortgewaltig
- wortgewandt
- Wortglied
- wortkarg
- Wortliste
- Wortlücke
- wortmächtig
- Wortmarke
- Wortmitte
- Worttrennung
- Wortumschreibung
- Wortverkündung
- Wortzerlegung
- Zitatwort
- zu Wort kommen
- (grammar, parts of speech):
- (adjective): Artwort, Beinennwort, Beiwort, Eigenschaftswort, Wiewort, (rare) Beschreibungswort, (rare, dated) Eigenheitswort
- (adverb): Nebenwort, Umstandswort, Zuwort
- (article): Geschlechtswort
- (conjunction): Bindewort, Fügewort
- (interjection): Ausdruckswort, Ausrufewort, Empfindungswort, Zwischenwort
- (noun (sensu lato)): Namenwort, Nennwort
- (noun (sensu stricto), substantive): Dingwort, Gegenstandswort (ambiguous), Hauptnennwort, Hauptwort, Sachwort
- (numeral, number): Zahlnennwort, Zahlwort
- (participle): Mittelwort
- (preposition): Verhältniswort, Vorsetzwort, Vorwort
- (pronoun): Fürwort, Fürnennwort, Personenwort, Personwort, Vertretewort, Vertretungswort
- (verb): Aussagewort, Tätigkeitswort, Tuwort, Wandelwort, Zeitwort
- (grammar) Hilfswort, Lagewort, Verrichtungswort
- (grammar) Pluralwort, Singularwort
- (linguistics) Kurzwort; Endwort, Klammerwort, Kopfwort, Rumpfwort, Schwanzwort, Silbenkurzwort
Further reading
edit- “Wort” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Wort” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Wort” in Duden online
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Wort”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Hunsrik
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German wort.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWort n (plural Werter or Worte)
Usage notes
editThe plural forms are used as mentioned in the entry above.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editCategories:
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *werh₁-
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German doublets
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German neuter nouns
- German terms with usage examples
- German uncountable nouns
- de:Christianity
- de:Bible
- German autological terms
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
- Hunsrik 1-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik neuter nouns