# wert
## English
### Pronunciation

(stressed)
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /wɜːt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /wɝt/
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
(unstressed)
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /wət/

### Verb

wert
* (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be
    Synonym: wast
    Why wert thou there?
** 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark, (first two lines of ode),
    "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ..."
* (archaic) second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be
    Synonym: were
    If thou wert mine, I would be in heaven!
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 8:6:If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ...
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 3:15:I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

#### References

* “wert”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
* “wert”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

### See also

* am
* are
* art
* be
* been
* beest
* being
* is
* was
* wast
* were

### Anagrams

* Trew, trew

## German
### Alternative forms

* werth (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle High German wert, from Old High German werd, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz. See the English cognate worth for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /veːɐ̯t/ (standard)
* IPA: /vɛɐ̯t/ (equally common)
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

wert (strong nominative masculine singular werter, comparative werter, superlative am wertesten)
* worth, worthy of [with accusative or (higher register) genitive ‘something’]
    Gold(es) wert sein ― to be worth gold/worth its weight in gold
    Das ist die Mühe nicht wert. ― That's not worth the effort.
    Sie fand es nicht der Mühe wert. ― She didn't find it worth the effort.
    Der Wein ist seinen Preis wert. ― The wine is worth its price.
    Er ist die ganze Aufmerksamkeit nicht wert, die er bekommt. ― He's not worthy of all the attention he gets.
* (higher register) worthy of [with genitive ‘someone’]
    Das ist meiner nicht wert. ― That’s below my dignity.
* (formal) dear
    Werte Gäste, ... ― Dear guests, ...

#### Usage notes

* In older usage, wert was generally construed with a genitive object. This is now restricted to elevated style or fixed expressions, for example: Wer den Pfennig nicht ehrt, ist des Talers nicht wert. — “Who doesn't honour the penny, isn't worthy of the dollar.” (An equivalent expression is “A penny saved is a penny earned”.)
* The genitive case is preferred when the object of wert is a person (or a group, organization, etc.). However, this usage is quite rare and würdig is more common instead.

#### Derived terms

* wertfrei
* wertlos

#### Related terms

* Wert

### Further reading

* “wert” in Duden online
* “wert” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *wert, *wirt, from Proto-Germanic *werduz.

#### Noun

wert m
* host
* innkeeper

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### Alternative forms

* wāert
* wēert

##### Descendants

* Dutch: waard

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

wert
* inflection of werden:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
** singular/plural imperative

### Further reading

* “wert (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wert (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

wert
* Alternative form of wort (“plant”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

wert
* Alternative form of vert

#### Adjective

wert
* Alternative form of vert

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

wert
* Alternative form of warte

## Northern Kurdish
### Noun

wert ?
* descendence

## Old English
### Noun

wert f
* Alternative form of wyrt

## Silesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Wert.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɛrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛrt
* Syllabification: wert

### Noun

wert m inan
* value

### Further reading

* wert in silling.org

## Wolof
### Etymology

From French verte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɛrt/

### Verb

wert
* to be green