Warft

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German Warf, from Middle Low German warf, werf, from Old Saxon hwerf, probably from hwervan (“to turn around”). The word was first adopted as Werft (17th c.), which became specialized to the sense “shipyard” in High German. Since the 19th century, newer Low German Warf was introduced for differentiation, taking on the same unetymological -t as its doublet. Cognate with Dutch werf, English wharf and Old Norse hvarf (“circle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaʁft/

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Noun

Warft f (genitive Warft, plural Warften)

1. (Northern Germany) Synonym of Wurt (“man-made hill”)

Declension

Declension of Warft [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Warft	die	Warften
genitive	einer	der	Warft	der	Warften
dative	einer	der	Warft	den	Warften
accusative	eine	die	Warft	die	Warften

Further reading

• “Warft” in Duden online
• Warft on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de