Wert
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German wert, from Old High German werd, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz. The -t is generalised from the uninflected form, likely reinforced by the desire to distinguish from forms of werden (compare werten). The regular -d- remains in Würde, würdig. Compare Dutch waard, English worth, Swedish värd.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /veːrt/, [veːɐ̯t], [vɛɐ̯t], [ʋ-]
Audio: (file) - Homophones: wehrt, werd, wert (general), wärt, währt (some speakers)
Noun
editWert m (strong, genitive Wertes or Werts, plural Werte)
- value (determinable numerical quantity)
- Dieser Wert schwankt normalerweise zwischen 95 und 99%.
- This value usually ranges between 95 and 99%.
- Die gemessenen Werte werden in der Tabelle eingetragen.
- The measured values are entered in the chart.
- worth, value (state or degree of being estimated)
- Der Wert eines Menschenlebens darf nicht an Bedingungen gebunden sein.
- The worth of a human life must not be tied to conditions.
- Der Wert des Hauses beläuft sich auf rund 360.000 Euro.
- The value of the house amounts to around 360,000 euros.
- (often in the plural) value (moral ideal or norm)
- Ehrlichkeit ist für mich ein wichtiger Wert.
- Honesty is an important value to me.
- die Werte des christlichen Abendlands
- the values of the Christian Occident
- 1930, Paul Joachimsen, “Der Humanismus und die Entwicklung des deutschen Geistes”, in Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte, 8, page 467:
- Und nun kommt die Reformation selbst. Die größte geistige Umwälzung, die je ein Volk des Abendlandes erlebt hat. Sie bringt wirklich eine Umwertung aller Werte.
- And now comes the Reformation itself. The largest spiritual upheaval that was ever experienced by a nation of the Occident. It really brings a transvaluation of all values.
Declension
editDeclension of Wert [masculine, strong]
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