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werd

German, verb/veːrt/

werd is spelled W-E-R-D (4 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written German, the 2,499th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Werd is a German verb meaning “singular imperative of werden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does werd mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    singular imperative of werden

    Jetzt werd hier bloß nicht frech!

  2. 2

    colloquialfirst-person singular present of werden

    Ich werd einfach nicht schlau daraus.

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. von Wasser umgebenes Stück Land (häufig von mehreren Flussarmen umflossen)

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 werd

  • Werder variant
  • Wöhrde variant
  • Wörth variant
  • Werde nominative plural
  • Werdes genitive singular
  • Werds genitive singular
  • Werden dative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce werd?

  • /veːrt/
  • [veːɐ̯t]
  • [vɛɐ̯t]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is werd in German?

werd appears 33 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).

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