Wurt
German, noun/vʊʁt/
Wurt is spelled W-U-R-T (4 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wurt is a German feminine noun meaning “man-made hill or elevation (as used in low areas to protect farmhouses against flooding)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aufgeworfener Erdhügel als Bauplatz zum Schutz vor Hochwasser und Sturmfluten”.
What does Wurt mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineman-made hill or elevation (as used in low areas to protect farmhouses against flooding)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aufgeworfener Erdhügel als Bauplatz zum Schutz vor Hochwasser und Sturmfluten
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 Wurt
- Wurten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wurt?
- /vʊʁt/
- [vʊʁt]
- [vʊɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wurt in German?
Wurt 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).