"Welt" meaning in German

See Welt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vɛlt/ Audio: De-Welt.ogg , De-Welt2.ogg , De-at-Welt.ogg [Austria]
Rhymes: -ɛlt 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|de|gmh|wëlt|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle High German wëlt, {{inh+|de|gmh|wëlt}} Inherited from Middle High German wëlt, {{m|gmh|wërlt}} wërlt, {{inh|de|goh|weralt}} Old High German weralt, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*weraldi}} Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*weraldiz}} Proto-Germanic *weraldiz, {{cog|en|world}} English world, {{cog|nl|wereld}} Dutch wereld, {{cog|sv|värld}} Swedish värld Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Welt f (genitive Welt, plural Welten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Welt [genitive], Welten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Welt [nominative, singular], Welten [definite, nominative, plural], Welt [genitive, singular], Welten [definite, genitive, plural], Welt [dative, singular], Welten [dative, definite, plural], Welt [accusative, singular], Welten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. world Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Welt-de-noun-SG6kYiTR Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Derived forms: aus der Welt, Gedankenwelt, Götterwelt, Lebenswelt, nicht die Welt, Weltall, Weltanschauung, Weltatlas, Weltausstellung, Weltbank, Weltbaum, weltbekannt, weltberühmt, Weltbestleistung, Weltbestzeit, Weltbevölkerung, Weltbild, Weltbürger, Weltende, Weltereignis, Weltfrieden, Welthauptstadt, Weltjudentum, Weltkarte, Weltkrieg, Weltkugel, weltlich, Weltliteratur, Weltmacht, Weltmann, Weltmarke, Weltmarkt, Weltmaßstab, Weltmeer, Weltmeister, Weltmeisterschaft, Weltmensch, Weltneuheit, weltoffen, Weltöffentlichkeit, Weltordnung, Weltpolitik, Weltpolizist, Weltpresse, Weltrang, Weltrangliste, Weltraum, Weltrekordhalter, Weltschmerz, Weltseele, Weltsprache, Weltstadt, Welttournee, Weltturnier, Weltumrundung, Weltumsegelung, Weltumsegler, Weltumseglung, Weltuntergang, Weltverband, Weltverbesserer, Weltwährungssystem, weltweit, Weltwirtschaft, Weltwirtschaftsgipfel, Weltwirtschaftskrise, Weltwissen, Weltwunder, Weltzeit, Weltzeitalter

Inflected forms

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          "english": "The world is the Eternal Jew, the vacuum (Nought) is Death, but that is impossible.",
          "roman": "CAMILLE: Die Welt ist der Ewige Jude, das Nichts ist der Tod, aber er ist unmöglich.",
          "text": "Georg Büchner, Dantons Tod. Ein Drama (Condor Bibliothek im Apollo Verlag, Lindau, p. 50)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "world"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɛlt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛlt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Welt.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/De-Welt.ogg/De-Welt.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/De-Welt.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Welt2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/De-Welt2.ogg/De-Welt2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/De-Welt2.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Welt.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/51/De-at-Welt.ogg/De-at-Welt.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/De-at-Welt.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ],
      "text": "audio (Austria)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Welt"
}

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