"Welt" meaning in German

See Welt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vɛlt/ Audio: De-Welt.ogg , De-Welt2.ogg [Germany, Berlin], De-at-Welt.ogg [Austria]
Rhymes: -ɛlt Etymology: Inherited from Middle High German wëlt, assimilative contraction of older wërlt, from Old High German wëralt, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Cognate to English world, Dutch wereld, Swedish värld. Etymology templates: {{etymon|de|:inh|gmh:wërlt<id:world>|id=world}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*weraz", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "age", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "be nourishing", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂életi", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*alaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "abstract noun suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þiz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*aldiz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*weraldiz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*weraldi", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "wëralt", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "wërlt", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Welt", "lang" : "de" }" data-id="world" data-lang="de" data-title="Welt" id="German:_world">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{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, {{inh|de|goh|wëralt}} Old High German wëralt, {{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 etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, German links with redundant alt parameters, German links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon 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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          "word": "aus der Welt"
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          "word": "nicht die Welt"
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        {
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        {
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          "word": "Weltbank"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "weltbekannt"
        },
        {
          "word": "weltberühmt"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltbestleistung"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltbestzeit"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltbevölkerung"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltbild"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltbürger"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltende"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltereignis"
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        {
          "word": "Weltfrieden"
        },
        {
          "word": "Welthauptstadt"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltjudentum"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltkarte"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltkrieg"
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        {
          "word": "Weltkugel"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "Weltliteratur"
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          "word": "Weltmarke"
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        {
          "word": "Weltmarkt"
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          "word": "Weltmaßstab"
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        {
          "word": "Weltmeer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltmeister"
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        {
          "word": "Weltmeisterschaft"
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        {
          "word": "Weltmensch"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltneuheit"
        },
        {
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        {
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "Weltpolitik"
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        {
          "word": "Weltseele"
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "Weltumseglung"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltuntergang"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltverband"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltverbesserer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltwährungssystem"
        },
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        {
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        },
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          "english": "The world is the Eternal Jew, the vacuum (Nought) is Death, but that is impossible.",
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          "text": "Georg Büchner, Dantons Tod. Ein Drama (Condor Bibliothek im Apollo Verlag, Lindau, p. 50)",
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          "text": "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",
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      "word": "Weltumsegelung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weltumsegler"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weltumseglung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weltuntergang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weltverband"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weltverbesserer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weltwährungssystem"
    },
    {
      "word": "weltweit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weltwirtschaft"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weltwirtschaftsgipfel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weltwirtschaftskrise"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weltwissen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weltwunder"
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      "word": "Weltzeit"
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      "word": "Weltzeitalter"
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        "4": "",
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        "g3": "",
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        "sort": "",
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    {
      "form": "Welt",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Welten",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "Welt",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Welten",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Welt",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Welten",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Welt",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Welten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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        "1": "f"
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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        "Rhymes:German/ɛlt",
        "Rhymes:German/ɛlt/1 syllable"
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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)",
          "translation": "The world is the Eternal Jew, the vacuum (Nought) is Death, but that is impossible.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.",
          "roman": "Die Philosophen haben die Welt nur verschieden interpretiert, es kömmt drauf an, sie zu verändern.",
          "text": "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",
          "translation": "The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.",
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        }
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      "ipa": "/vɛlt/"
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      "tags": [
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        "Berlin"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛlt"
    }
  ],
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}

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