"wert" meaning in English

See wert in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /wɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɝt/ [General-American], /wət/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wert.wav
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wert
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be Tags: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular Form of: be Synonyms: wast
    Sense id: en-wert-en-verb-FKZViDKp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (archaic) second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be Tags: archaic, form-of, past, second-person, singular, subjunctive Form of: be Synonyms: were
    Sense id: en-wert-en-verb-F1SbPdm5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: am, are, is, art, be, being, been, beest, was, wast, were
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "wert",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "am"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "are"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "is"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "art"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "be"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "being"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "been"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "was"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wast"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "were"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Why wert thou there?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark, (first two lines of ode),\n\"Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ...\""
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "be"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular simple past indicative of be"
      ],
      "id": "en-wert-en-verb-FKZViDKp",
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wast"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If thou wert mine, I would be in heaven!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 8:6:",
          "text": "If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 3:15:",
          "text": "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "be"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be"
      ],
      "id": "en-wert-en-verb-F1SbPdm5",
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "were"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "form-of",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɜːt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wert.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wert.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wert.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wert.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wert.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɝt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)t"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wət/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wert"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English auxiliary verb forms",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English irregular simple past forms",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t/1 syllable"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "wert",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "am"
    },
    {
      "word": "are"
    },
    {
      "word": "is"
    },
    {
      "word": "art"
    },
    {
      "word": "be"
    },
    {
      "word": "being"
    },
    {
      "word": "been"
    },
    {
      "word": "beest"
    },
    {
      "word": "was"
    },
    {
      "word": "wast"
    },
    {
      "word": "were"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Why wert thou there?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark, (first two lines of ode),\n\"Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ...\""
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "be"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular simple past indicative of be"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wast"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If thou wert mine, I would be in heaven!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 8:6:",
          "text": "If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 3:15:",
          "text": "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "be"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "were"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "form-of",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɜːt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wert.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wert.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wert.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wert.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-wert.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɝt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)t"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wət/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wert"
}

Download raw JSONL data for wert meaning in English (2.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.