die Welt
noun · /vɛlt/ ·Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wëlt, assimilative contraction of older wërlt, from Old High German weralt, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Cognate to English world, Dutch wereld, Swedish värld.
Translation
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world
feminine
Georg Büchner, Dantons Tod. Ein Drama (Condor Bibliothek im Apollo Verlag, Lindau, p. 50)
The world is the Eternal Jew, the vacuum (Nought) is Death, but that is impossible.
Karl Marx (1978) [1845], “Thesen über Feuerbach”, in Marx-Engels-Werke, volume 3, page 7; English translation from Marx/Engels Collected Works, volume 5, 1976, page 5
The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Welt | Welten |
| Accusative | Welt | Welten |
| Dative | Welt | Welten |
| Genitive | Welt | Welten |