Werner

[ wur-ner; for 1 also German ver-nuh r ]

/ ˈwɜr nər; for 1 also German ˈvɛr nər /

noun

Al·fred

[al-fred, -frid; German ahl-freyt] /ˈæl frɛd, -frɪd; German ˈɑl freɪt/,1866–1919, Swiss chemist: Nobel prize 1913.

a male given name.

Example sentences from the Web for werner

Werner has also taken to living closely with his wolves, behaving as an alpha male to earn their acceptance and respect.

Meet Germany's Wolf Man |Justin Green |January 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Acclaimed documentarian Werner Herzog takes an unsparing look at the death penalty in his new film, 'Into the Abyss.'

Werner Herzog’s 'Into the Abyss' Explores the Death Penalty |Ben Crair |November 20, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The daring German filmmaker Werner Herzog once walked a thousand miles to propose to a woman.

This Week's Best Journalism |The Daily Beast |May 6, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
His voice carries some of the Bavarian lilt of Werner Herzog, and he looks slightly like Daniel Day-Lewis when he laughs.

Tarantino's Glorious Nazi |Paul Cullum |August 16, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

All three episodes starring Stellan Skarsgard as the tempestuous genius director Werner Vollstedt made Adrian look small.

Is Adrian Grenier a Good Enough Actor to Play a Bad One? |Touré |November 24, 2008 |DAILY BEAST
Werner von Siemens, an artillery officer, was improving an exploding device for mines.

The Story of Great Inventions |Elmer Ellsworth Burns
The last great teacher by whom these antiquated doctrines were formulated into a system Werner.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 |Various
"If you won't take any pay we'll stand for our share of the grub," announced Werner just before he went out.

The Rover Boys on a Hunt |Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)
One of them—it was the brewer—therefore proposed Werner, and all immediately concurred in the choice.

The wanderings and fortunes of some German emigrants |Friedrich Gerstcker
Werner maintained his accusations, and offered to bring proofs and witnesses.

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) |Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

British Dictionary definitions for werner

Werner

/ (German ˈvɛrnər) /

noun

Abraham Gottlieb (ˈaːbrəham ˈɡɔtloːp). 1749–1817, German geologist. He emphasized the importance of field and laboratory observation for understanding the earth

Alfred (ˈalfreːt). 1866–1919, Swiss chemist, born in Germany. He developed a coordination theory of the valency of inorganic complexes: Nobel prize for chemistry 1913

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British Dictionary definitions for werner

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