Werg
German, noun/vɛʁk/
Werg is spelled W-E-R-G (4 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Werg is a German neuter noun meaning “hards, tow, oakum (short, fallen-off fibres of flax or hemp)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fasern von Flachs oder Hanf, die bei der Verarbeitung anfallen und eine geringe Qualität aufweisen”.
What does Werg mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhards, tow, oakum (short, fallen-off fibres of flax or hemp)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fasern von Flachs oder Hanf, die bei der Verarbeitung anfallen und eine geringe Qualität aufweisen
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 Werg
- Werges genitive
- Wergs genitive
- Werge dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Werg?
- /vɛʁk/
- [vɛʁk]
- [vɛɐ̯k]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Werg
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Werg in German?
Werg appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).