Welt

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

  • IPA(key): /vɛlt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

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.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /velt/

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

  • IPA(key): /vælt/

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

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