wergeld
French, noun/vɛʁ.ɡɛld/
wergeld is spelled W-E-R-G-E-L-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wergeld is a French masculine noun meaning “wergeld” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Compensation pécuniaire en usage chez les Francs, versée en cas de blessure ou de meurtre à la victime ou à…”.
What does wergeld mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewergeld
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Compensation pécuniaire en usage chez les Francs, versée en cas de blessure ou de meurtre à la victime ou à sa famille par le coupable, afin de se soustraire à la vengeance privée, et dont le taux variait selon la situation sociale de la victime.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of wergeld
- wergelds plural
- weregild
- wergild
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wergeld?
- /vɛʁ.ɡɛld/
- \vɛʁ.ɡɛld\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wergeld in French?
wergeld appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).