Welt

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Welt. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Welt, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Welt in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Welt you have here. The definition of the word Welt will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofWelt, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: welt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Welt.

Proper noun

Welt (plural Welts)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • 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

German

Etymology

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

Noun

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.
    • Karl Marx (1978) [1845] “Thesen über Feuerbach”, in Marx-Engels-Werke‎, 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.

Declension

Declension of Welt
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Welt die Welten
genitive einer der Welt der Welten
dative einer der Welt den Welten
accusative eine die Welt die Welten

Derived terms

Further reading

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Noun

Welt f (plural Welte)

  1. world

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German weralt, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Cognate with German Welt, Dutch wereld, English world.

Pronunciation

Noun

Welt f (plural Welten)

  1. world

Further reading

  • Welt in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Welt, Dutch wereld, English world, Swedish värld.

Noun

Welt f (plural Welder)

  1. world

Derived terms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia