worth

Betekenis

Adj

1. Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
2. Deserving of.
3. (obsolete) Valuable, worthwhile.
4. Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

Noun

1. Value.
2. Merit, excellence.
3. Wealth, fortune, riches, property, possessions.
4. An amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time.
5. (obsolete) High social standing, noble rank.

Verb

To be, become, betide.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/wɜːθ/

Etymologie

From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
Cognate with Dutch waard (adjective), Low German weert (adjective), German wert, Wert, Swedish värd, Welsh gwerth, Ukrainian вартість (vartistʹ).