Belt

See also: belt, bèlt, and bełt

English

Proper noun

Belt (countable and uncountable, plural Belts)

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Montana
  3. Ellipsis of Main Asteroid Belt. A region of Solar System

Derived terms

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as De Belt in 1839-1859. Derived from dialectal belt (“small hill, slightly elevated place”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Belt

Proper noun

Belt n

  1. A hamlet in Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “belt”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

From Danish bælt, from Latin Baltia, a mythological island described by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History, of unclear origin. It bears no relation to Danish bælte (“belt”), which is derived from Latin balteus (“belt, girdle”) and for which the German word is Gürtel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛlt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Noun

Belt m (strong, genitive Beltes or Belts, plural Belte)

  1. (Denmark) strait

Declension
Declension of Belt [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Belt die Belte
genitive eines des Beltes, Belts der Belte
dative einem dem Belt, Belte1 den Belten
accusative einen den Belt die Belte

1Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms
  • Großer Belt, großer Belt
  • Kleiner Belt, kleiner Belt

Further reading
  • “Belt” in Duden online
  • Mishkova, Diana, Trencsényi, Balázs (2017) European Regions and Boundaries: A Conceptual History‎, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-12-01, page 57
  • Hałub, Marek, Schuster, Kurt G. P. (2005) Hoffmann von Fallersleben: Internationales Symposion Wrocław/Breslau 2003‎ (in German), Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-12-01, page 253
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