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Webster 1913 Edition

Wort

Wort

,
Noun.
[OE.
wort
,
wurt
, AS.
wyrt
herb, root; akin to OS.
wurt
, G.
wurz
, Icel.
jurt
,
urt
, Dan.
urt
, Sw.
ört
, Goth.
waúrts
a root, L.
radix
, Gr. [GREEK] a root, [GREEK] a branch, young shoot, [GREEK] a branch, and E.
root
, n. Cf.
Licorice
,
Orchard
,
Radish
,
Root
,
Noun.
,
Whortleberry
,
Wort
an infusion of malt.]
1.
(Bot.)
A plant of any kind.
☞ This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in colewort, figwort, St. John’s-wort, woundwort, etc.
2.
pl.
Cabbages.

Wort

,
Noun.
[OE.
worte
,
wurte
, AS.
wyrte
; akin to OD.
wort
, G.
würze
, bier
würze
, Icel.
virtr
, Sw.
vört
. See
Wort
an herb.]
An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation.
☞ Wort consists essentially of a dilute solution of sugar, which by fermentation produces alcohol and carbon dioxide.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wort

WORT

,
Noun.
[G., L., to grow; green.]
1.
A plant; an herb; now used chiefly or wholly in compounds; as in mugwort, liverwort, spleenwort.
2.
A plant of the cabbage kind.
3.
New beer unfermented, or in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt.

Definition 2024

Wort

Wort

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German

Noun

Wort n ‎(genitive Worts or Wortes, plural Wörter or Worte, diminutive Wörtlein n or Wörtchen n)

  1. (plural Wörter) word as an isolated unit
    Im Deutschen gibt es wenig Wörter, die mit y geschrieben werden.‎
    In German there are few words spelt with y.
  2. (plural Worte) utterance, word with context
    Er erklärte das Problem mit wenigen Worten.‎
    He explained the problem in few words.
    Keiner wagte dem Wort des Königs zu widersprechen.‎
    No one dared contradict the king's word.
  3. (uncountable) speech, speaking, (figuratively) floor
    Er beherrscht unsere Sprache in Wort und Schrift.‎
    He masters our language in speech and writing.
    Der Präsident erteilte dem Abgeordneten das Wort.‎
    The president gave the delegate the floor.
  4. (uncountable) promise, (figuratively) word
    Ich gebe dir mein Wort, dass ich pünktlich da bin.‎
    I give you my word that I shall be there on time.

Usage notes

A clear distinction is made in the standard language between the plural forms Wörter and Worte (as above). In colloquial German, this is not always the case. Worte is not unfrequently heard for sense 1, and Wörter is occasionally heard for sense 2.

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wort

wort

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English

Noun

wort ‎(plural worts)

  1. (archaic) A plant; herb; vegetable.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy:
      he drinks water, and lives on wort leaves, pulse, like a hogg, or scraps like a dog […].
    • 1845, Rev. Jeremy Taylor, Works:
      It is an excellent pleasure to be able to take pleasure in worts and water, in bread and onions, for then a man can never want pleasure when it is so ready for him, that nature hath spread it over all its provisions.
  2. Any of various plants or herbs. The word is usually used in combination to refer to specific plants, e.g. St. John’s wort; however, it may be used on its own as a generic term.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English wort, worte, from Old English wyrt, wyrte ‎(“brewing wort, new beer, spice”), from Proto-Germanic *wurtijō ‎(“spice”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǝd-, *wrād- ‎(“sprout, root”). Cognate with Dutch wort ‎(“wort”), German Würze ‎(“wort, seasoning, spice”), Danish urt ‎(“beer wort”), Swedish vört ‎(“beer wort”).

Noun

wort ‎(uncountable)

  1. (brewing) Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer.
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Dutch

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Noun

wort n ‎(uncountable)

  1. wort (unfermented beer)

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-. Compare Old High German wort, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English word, Old Norse orð.

Noun

wort n

  1. word

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurdą, whence also Old Dutch wort, Old English and Old Saxon word, Old Norse orð, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 ‎(waurd). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwort/

Noun

wort n

  1. word

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Descendants

Etymology

From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-. Compare Dutch woord, English word, Danish ord.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔʁt/, [vɔʁtʰ], [vɔɐ̯tʰ]

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