Werner

American  

[wur-ner, ver-nuhr] / ˈwɜr nər, ˈvɛr nər /

noun

1. Alfred 1866–1919, Swiss chemist: Nobel Prize 1913.

2. a male given name.

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Werner British  

/ ˈvɛrnər /

noun

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

2. 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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Example Sentences

Hunt Transport Services, Knight-Swift, Schneider National and Werner Enterprises have said the administration’s efforts could help reverse their fortunes after more than three years of grappling with rock-bottom freight rates.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Our rule is that if it is a song that is mainly AI-generated, it does not have the right to be on the top list," said Ludvig Werner, head of IFPI.

From BBC

To choose the name, the research team, led by University of Utah biology professor Michael Werner, worked with the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation.

From Science Daily

Jung, who was a postdoctoral researcher in Werner's lab at the time, collected samples while traveling across the lake by kayak and bicycle.

From Science Daily

"It's hard to tell distinguishing characteristics, but genetically we can see that there are at least two populations out there," Werner said.

From Science Daily