Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wert

/wɝt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: wert
IPA: /wɝt/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

second-person singular simple past indicative of be

Archaic

verb

second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Why wert thou there?"
"1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, To A Skylark, (first two lines of ode), "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, ...""
"If thou wert mine, I would be in heaven!"
"If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ..."
"I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /wɝt/
British English: /wɜːt/

Usage

Archaic

Frequently Paired Words

am are art be been beest being is

Synonyms

wast were

Homonyms

wort

Rhymes With

hurt shirt alert dirt insert skirt kurt dessert assert flirt bert burt

Questions

How do you pronounce wert?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɝt/.
What does wert mean?: second-person singular simple past indicative of be

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