world

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
2. The subjective human experience, regarded individually.
3. (metonymically, with-definite-article) A majority of people.
4. The Universe.
5. (with-definite-article) The Earth, especially in a geopolitical or cultural context, or as the physical planet.
6. Any of several possible scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
7. (countable) (Several) alternative scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
8. (countable) A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
9. (broadly, countable) A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
10. A very large extent of country.
11. In various mythologies, cosmologies, etc., one of a number of separate realms or regions having different characteristics and occupied by different types of inhabitants.
12. A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones.
13. An individual or group perspective or social setting.
14. The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
15. A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme.
16. The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
17. (informal) A great amount, a lot.
18. (archaic) Age, era.

Verb

1. (transitive) To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focusing on national or other distinctions; compare globalize.
2. (transitive) To make real; to make worldly.

Concepten

wereld

🗺️

aardrijk

wereld-

aarde

heelal

volk

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

mensen

openbaarheid

personen

plebs

ruimte

universum

werelds

wereldwijd

man

👨

aardrijk

aardbol

macrokosmos

familie

kosmos

massa

menigte

mens

Synoniemen

earth

universe

society

public

cosmos

globe

creation

land

global

worldwide

Earth

existence

country

ground

life

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

macrocosm

general public

nature

universal

place

humankind

humanity

age

human beings

whole country

generation

worldliness

mankind

soil

sphere

realm

populace

human race

ruling power

having one’s own way

heaven and earth

territory

talk

🗣️

path of life

company

region

speech

man

👨

being

common people

kingdom

international community

humans

domain

Vertalingen

monde

🗺️

Welt

🗺️

mundo

🗺️

mondo

🗺️

mundo

🗺️

κόσμος

عالم

🗺️

món

dünya

🗺️

mundus

mundial

mondial

Erde

univers

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/wɜːld/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: world

Overgenomen van Oudengels: weorold

Verwant aan Schots: warld

Verwant aan Saterfries: Waareld

Verwant aan Fries: wrâld

Verwant aan Afrikaans: wêreld

Verwant aan Nederlands: wereld

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: Werld

Verwant aan Duits: Welt

Verwant aan Noors - Bokmål: verden

Verwant aan Noors - Nynorsk: verd

Verwant aan Zweeds: värld

Verwant aan IJslands: veröld

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Germanic *weraz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
Proto-Germanic *alaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-Germanic *aldiz
Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
Old English weorold
Middle English world
English world
From Middle English world, from Old English weorold (“world”), from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz (“lifetime, human existence, world”, literally “age/era of man”), equivalent to wer (“man”) + eld (“age”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English mounde (“world”), from Old French monde, munde (“world”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots warld (“world”), North Frisian Wārel, wäält, wråål (“world”), Saterland Frisian Waareld (“world”), West Frisian wrâld (“world”), Afrikaans wêreld (“world”), Bavarian Wöd (“world”), Dutch wereld (“world”), German, Luxembourgish Welt (“world”), German Low German Wereld, Werld (“world”), Vilamovian wełt (“world”), Yiddish וועלט (velt, “world”), Danish verden (“world”), Elfdalian wärd (“world”), Faroese verð, verøld (“world”), Icelandic veröld (“world”), Norn vrildan (“the earth”), Norwegian Bokmål verd, verden (“(the) world”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“world”), Swedish värld (“world”).

Zinnen

It was the pure Language of the World .

Het was de pure taal van de wereld.

The more people that can participate in the web , the better the Internet , and the world will be .

Hoe meer mensen kunnen deelnemen aan het web, hoe beter het internet en de wereld zullen zijn.

" And you ought to read more about the world ," answered the Englishman .

He became the first Frenchman to win the World Championship .

Hij werd de eerste Fransman die het wereldkampioenschap won.

It was modernized during the First World War .

Het werd gemoderniseerd tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog.

It's a man who understands nature and the world .

Het is een man die de natuur en de wereld begrijpt.