Welt
German, noun/vɛlt/
Welt is spelled W-E-L-T (4 letters) and appears 457 times per million words in written German, the 206th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Welt is a German feminine noun meaning “world” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Planet Erde”.
What does Welt mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineworld
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Planet Erde 2. die erkennbare Welt, das Universum 3. das vom Erkenntnisstand abhängige Bild des Planeten Erde 4. großräumige Teile der Erde, die gleiche politische, historische, wirtschaftliche und soziale Merkmale besitzen oder zeitlich in einem Zusammenhang stehen, die Weltgesellschaft als solche, die Gesamtheit aller Menschen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Welt
- Welten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Welt?
- /vɛlt/
- [vɛlt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Welt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Welt in German?
Welt appears 457 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).