Werth

See also: werth

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Alemannic German or German Werth, possibly via other languages like French or Russian Верт (Vert).

Proper noun

Werth (plural Werths)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Werth is the 8728^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3757 individuals. Werth is most common among White (95.34%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Werth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• threw

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Alemannic German or German Werth, also possibly via Russian Верт (Vert). In France, historically most prevalent in Haut-Rhin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁt/

Proper noun

Werth m or f

1. a French surname from Alemannic German

Further reading

• Forebears (French)
• filae.com

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

Werth m (strong, genitive Werthes or Werths, plural Werthe)

1. Obsolete spelling of Wert which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.

Declension

Declension of Werth [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Werth	die	Werthe
genitive	eines	des	Werthes, Werths	der	Werthe
dative	einem	dem	Werth, Werthe1	den	Werthen
accusative	einen	den	Werth	die	Werthe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

• English: Werth
• French: Werth
• Russian: Верт (Vert)