Weert

Borrowed from Dutch Weert.

Weert

1. A municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.

• (Weert) First attested with certainty as werd in 1155. Perhaps derived from Old Dutch werde (“land next to water, riverine island”), although there are no large rivers near the city. See also Limburgish Wieërt.
• (Meerssen) First attested as werde in 1335. Derived from weerd (“land next to water, riverine island”).

• IPA^(key): /ʋeːrt/

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• Hyphenation: Weert
• Rhymes: -eːrt
• Homophones: weert, Weerd

Weert n

1. Weert (a city and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands)

   Meronyms: Altweerterheide, Boshoven, Breyvin, Crixhoek, De Berg, De Boberden, De Horst, Dijkerstraat, Hei, Houtbroek, Hushoven, Laar, Moesdijk, Rietbroek, Stramproy, Swartbroek, Tungelroy, Wisbroek

2. a hamlet in Meerssen, Limburg, Netherlands

• Weertenaar
• Weerts
• Altweert
• Nederweert

• → English: Weert

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “weert”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːɐt/

Weert m

1. worth

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Weert”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch