Welt Meaning
/wɛlt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo roll; revolve
nameA surname from German.
Sentence Examples
The hit left a large and angry red welt on the young boy's arm.
A welt is a raised mark on the skin caused by a blow or a bite.
The worker got a painful welt on his arm.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After being hit with a whip, a painful ____ appeared on his skin.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After he hit his arm against the table, a small and red ____ began to appear on his skin earlier today.
Word Origin & History
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 High German wëralt Middle High German wërlt German Weltbor. English Welt Borrowed from German Welt.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"When she saw, on the back and shoulders of the child, great welts and calloused spots, ineffaceable marks of the system under which she had grown up thus far, her heart became pitiful within her."
— 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter XX, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume II, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC:
"[…] I am sure of one thing,—scars are plenty enough in Germany, among the young men; and very grim ones they are, too. They criss-cross the face in angry red welts, and are permanent and ineffaceable."
— 1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), chapter VII, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, pages 64–65:
"She was nearly four feet long, with a large welt on her shell, which was encrusted with ancient-looking barnacles."
— 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 7, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company:
"“The neighborhood is officially called Mid-City, but it is often referred to as Crenshaw. The area is wide and bright, a grid of small streets crisscrossed with boulevards and the welt of the I-10 freeway running along its southern edge.”"
— 2018, Susan Orlean, chapter 6, in The Library Book:
"[The] Mantle of this Order was of Skie-coloured Damask, having broad welt of Gold embroidered on the Collar, and [...]"
— 1672, Elias Ashmole, The institution, laws & ceremonies of the most noble Order of the Garter, chapter III, section 1:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After being hit with a whip, a painful ____ appeared on his skin.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After he hit his arm against the table, a small and red ____ began to appear on his skin earlier today.