Werder

German

Alternative forms

  • Wert, Werth, Wört, Wörth (archaic, but common in placenames)

Etymology

From Middle High German werder, enhanced form of older wert, from Old High German warid, werid, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *wariþ m or n. The suffixed form is northern and was reinforced by Middle Low German werder.[1] Cognate with Dutch waard, Old English waroþ.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Werder m (strong, genitive Werders, plural Werder)

  1. river island, eyot, holm
    Synonym: Flussinsel

Declension

Declension of Werder [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Werder die Werder
genitive eines des Werders der Werder
dative einem dem Werder den Werdern
accusative einen den Werder die Werder

Proper noun

Werder n (proper noun, strong, genitive Werders or (with an article) Werder)

  1. Any of several places in Germany and elsewhere.
  2. short for Werder Bremen (football club)

References

  1. ^ "Werder", in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm (in German), Leipzig 1854-1961, online text, vol. 29, col. 271 ff.
  2. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Werder”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

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