Feminine

Werft

Meaning

shipyard (place where ships are built and repaired)

Concepts

dock yard

shipbuilding yard

shipyard, dockyard

Synonyms

Schiffswerft

Schiffsausbesserungswerk

Reparaturwerft

Kettenfaden

Längsfaden

Frequency

C1
Etymology

In summary

From earlier Werf, from Middle Low German werf, from Old Saxon hwerf (“wharf”). The sense “shipyard” probably under influence of cognate Dutch werf. Also cognate with Old High German warb, Old English hwearf, Old Norse hvarf. Derived from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną, whence German werben. See English wharf for more.

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