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Welt

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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.

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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 Works, 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.

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvelt/
  • Rhymes: -elt
  • Syllabification: Welt

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

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