werlt

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• wëlt

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German weralt, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈwɛrlt/

Noun

wërlt f

1. world

Declension

Declension of wërlt (feminine, class 2 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	wërlt	die	wërlde
genitive	einer	dër	wërlde, wërlt	dër	wërlde
dative	einer	dër	wërlde, wërlt	dën	wërlden
accusative	eine	die	wërlt	die	wërlde

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Wält
• Bavarian: Wejt, Wöd, Wölt
• Central Franconian:

  Transylvanian Saxon: Wält

• German: Welt
• Luxembourgish: Welt
• Rhine Franconian:

  Pennsylvania German: Welt

• Vilamovian: wełt
• Yiddish: וועלט (velt)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “werlt”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel