Werth

See also: werth

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Alemannic German or German Werth, possibly via other languages like French or Russian Верт (Vert).[1]

Proper noun

Werth (plural Werths)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Werth is the 8728th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3757 individuals. Werth is most common among White (95.34%) individuals.

References
  1. cf. Alexander Werth

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Alemannic German or German Werth, also possibly via Russian Верт (Vert).[1] In France, historically most prevalent in Haut-Rhin.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɛʁt/

Proper noun

Werth m or f

  1. a French surname from Alemannic German

References
  1. cf. Nicolas Werth
  2. filae.com

Further reading

German

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Werth m (strong, genitive Werthes or Werths, plural Werthe)

  1. Obsolete spelling of Wert which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.

Declension
Declension of Werth [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Werth die Werthe
genitive eines des Werthes, Werths der Werthe
dative einem dem Werth, Werthe1 den Werthen
accusative einen den Werth die Werthe

1Now rare, see notes.

Descendants
  • English: Werth
  • French: Werth
  • Russian: Верт (Vert)
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