Wert is a Flemish or American surname, and may refer to:
- Don Wert (born 1938), American former third baseman in Major League Baseball
- Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy
- J. Howard Wert (19th century), American author and collector
- Jeffry D. Wert (21st century), American historian and author
- José Ignacio Wert (21st century), Spanish sociologist and politician, current Minister of Education.
- Ray Wert (21st century), American online publication editor
- WERT a commercial AM radio station in Van Wert, Ohio
- wert, a past subjunctive form of to be formerly used with the pronoun thou
Famous quotes containing the word wert:
“Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why
This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,
Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
Then Beauty is its own excuse for being:
Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!
I never thought to ask, I never knew:
But, in my simple ignorance, suppose
The self-same Power that brought me there brought you.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“O wert thou in the cauld blast,
On yonder lea, on yonder lea,
My plaidie to the angry airt,
I’d shelter thee, I’d shelter thee.”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)
“Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young,
Who loved thee so fondly as he?
He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue,
And joined in thy innocent glee.”
—Margaret Courtney (1822–1862)