wert

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /wɜrt/ UK /wɜːt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
archaic second-person singular past or subjunctive of 'be' (thou wert)

O, that thou wert here to see this dawn.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Word family

Related forms be wast art was were

Etymology

Archaic second-person singular past/subjunctive of 'be', from Old English wǣre, the subjunctive of wesan ('to be'). The final -t was added by analogy with other second-person forms like art and shalt.

wesan Old English *wesaną Proto-Germanic

View etymology graph ->

Topics

Actions & Processes Register & Style

External links

# wert

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /wɜrt/
**IPA (UK):** /wɜːt/

## Meanings
1. archaic second-person singular past or subjunctive of 'be' (thou wert)

## Examples
- O, that thou wert here to see this dawn.

## Related Forms
- be
- wast
- art
- was
- were

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: wesan
- Root: *wesaną

## Etymology
Archaic second-person singular past/subjunctive of 'be', from Old English wǣre, the subjunctive of wesan ('to be'). The final -t was added by analogy with other second-person forms like art and shalt.

## AI Etymology
Wert is archaic second-person singular past/subjunctive of 'be', from Old English wǣre, the subjunctive of wesan ('to be'). The final -t was added by analogy with other second-person forms like art and shalt. Important recorded forms include wesan (Old English) and *wesaną (Proto-Germanic). The current sense covers archaic second-person singular past or subjunctive of 'be' (thou wert). The wider family includes related words such as be, wast, art, and was.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Register & Style

markdown