HOW TO PRONOUNCE
wert
/wɝt/
Press play to hear how to pronounce wert.
American Pronunciation Guide · 1:05
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does wert mean?
verb
- (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be
More meanings (1)
verb
- (archaic) second-person singular simple past subjunctive of be
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/wɝt/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
Sometimes when she sang, “Oh, wert thou in the cauld blast,” the doctor and even Mr. Kronborg joined in.
Lavinia, wert thou thus surprised, sweet girl, Ravished and wronged, as Philomela was, Forced in the ruthless, vast, and gloomy woods?
More book examples (3)
"As I know mine own fingers," said the Sage; "and even so I knew it years and years before thou wert born."
A whiff of warm breath, a little soft tuft on its paw—: and immediately wert thou ready to love and lure it.
In which proving Thou oughtest no less to be loved and praised, than if Thou wert filling me full of heavenly consolations.