adj · name · noun · verb · 24 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Australia, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈwɜːθ/
General-American:/wɝθ/
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From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *werþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-. Cognate with Scots wirth (“worth”), Cimbrian bèart (“worth, value”), Dutch waard, weerd (“worth”), German wert (“worth”) (the source of Polish wart (“worth”), Ukrainian вартість (vartistʹ, “worth, value”), etc), Luxembourgish wäert (“worth”), Yiddish ווערט (vert), ווערד (verd, “worth, value”), Danish værd (“worth”), Faroese and Icelandic verður (“worth”), Norwegian Bokmål verdt (“worth”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“worth”), Swedish värd (“worth”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸 (wairþ, “worth, value”), Welsh gwerth (“worth, value”).
From Old English worþ (“enclosure”)
From Middle English worthen, wurthen, werthen (“to be; exist; come into being; come into existence”), from Old English weorþan (“to come into being; be made; become; arise; be”), from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to come about; happen; come into being; become”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn; turn out”). Cognate with Dutch worden, dated Low German warrn, German werden, Old Norse verða (Norwegian verta, Swedish varda), Latin vertere.
Across languages
Translations
143 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مَاثَلَ
(māṯala)
— equal in value to
Belarusian:
ва́рты
(várty)
— equal in value to
Bulgarian:
равностоен
(ravnostoen)
— equal in value to
Chinese Mandarin:
價值 /价值
(jiàzhí)
— equal in value to
Chinese Mandarin:
值
(zhí)
— equal in value to
Czech:
mající hodnotu
— equal in value to
Danish:
værd
— equal in value to
Dutch:
gelijkwaardig aan
— equal in value to
Dutch:
waard
— equal in value to
Esperanto:
valora
— equal in value to
Finnish:
arvoinen
— equal in value to
French:
équivalent
— equal in value to
German:
Wert
— equal in value to
Hungarian:
ér
— equal in value to
Hungarian:
megér (i)
— equal in value to
Italian:
valore
— equal in value to
Korean:
값나가다
(gamnagada)
— equal in value to
Norwegian Bokmål:
verd
— equal in value to
Norwegian Bokmål:
verdt
— equal in value to
Norwegian Nynorsk:
verd
— equal in value to
Polish:
wart
— equal in value to
Portuguese:
equivalente
— equal in value to
Russian:
сто́ящий
(stójaščij)
— equal in value to
Russian:
сто́ить
(stóitʹ)
— equal in value to
Scottish Gaelic:
fiach
— equal in value to
Spanish:
valioso
— equal in value to
Swahili:
dhamana
— equal in value to
Turkish:
layık
— equal in value to
Turkish:
değerinde
— equal in value to
Ukrainian:
ва́ртий
(vártyj)
— equal in value to
Arabic:
اِسْتَحَقَّ
(istaḥaqqa)
— deserving of
Arabic:
اِسْتَأْهَلَ
(istaʔhala)
— deserving of
Armenian:
արժանի
(aržani)
— deserving of
Belarusian:
ва́рты
(várty)
— deserving of
Bulgarian:
заслужен
(zaslužen)
— deserving of
Bulgarian:
заслужаващ
(zaslužavašt)
— deserving of
Chinese Mandarin:
值得
(zhídé)
— deserving of
Czech:
zasluhující si
— deserving of
Danish:
værd
— deserving of
Dutch:
gewaardeerd
— deserving of
Esperanto:
inda
— deserving of
Finnish:
arvoinen
— deserving of
Finnish:
väärti
— deserving of
French:
méritant
— deserving of
French:
valoir la peine
— deserving of
German:
verdienen
— deserving of
German:
sich lohnen
— deserving of
Hindi:
लायक़
(lāyaq)
— deserving of
Hindi:
मूल्य
(mūlya)
— deserving of
Hindi:
योग्य
(yogya)
— deserving of
Hindi:
क़द्र
(qadra)
— deserving of
Hungarian:
érdemes
— deserving of
Hungarian:
megér (i)
— deserving of
Italian:
degno
— deserving of
Italian:
meritevole
— deserving of
Japanese:
価値がある
(kachi ga aru)
— deserving of
Korean:
값어치있다
(gapseochiitda)
— deserving of
Korean:
만하다
(manhada)
— deserving of
Norwegian Bokmål:
verd
— deserving of
Norwegian Bokmål:
verdt
— deserving of
Norwegian Nynorsk:
verd
— deserving of
Polish:
zasługujący (na coś)
— deserving of
Polish:
warty (czegoś)
— deserving of
Portuguese:
valer a pena
— deserving of
Russian:
сто́ящий
(stójaščij)
— deserving of
Russian:
заслу́живающий
(zaslúživajuščij)
— deserving of
Russian:
сто́ить
(stóitʹ)
— deserving of
Scottish Gaelic:
fiach
— deserving of
Serbo-Croatian:
vrijedan
— deserving of
Spanish:
que vale la pena
— deserving of
Turkish:
layık
— deserving of
Ukrainian:
ва́ртий
(vártyj)
— deserving of
Arabic:
اِسْتَحَقَّ
(istaḥaqqa)
— making a fair equivalent of
Bulgarian:
струващ
(struvašt)
— making a fair equivalent of
Chinese Mandarin:
值得
(zhídé)
— making a fair equivalent of
Czech:
rovnající se
— making a fair equivalent of
Czech:
stojící
— making a fair equivalent of
Dutch:
vermogen
— making a fair equivalent of
Finnish:
arvoinen
— making a fair equivalent of
German:
Wert
— making a fair equivalent of
Korean:
값어치있다
(gapseochiitda)
— making a fair equivalent of
Russian:
сто́ящий
(stójaščij)
— making a fair equivalent of
Russian:
сто́ить
(stóitʹ)
— making a fair equivalent of
Scottish Gaelic:
fiach
— making a fair equivalent of
Ukrainian:
ва́ртий
(vártyj)
— making a fair equivalent of
