Wand
English edit
Etymology edit
Various origins:
- A nickname for a shy or short-sighted person, from Old English wand (“mole”).
- Borrowed from German Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a weaver or cloth cutter, from Middle High German gewant (“cloth, garment”) (representing modern Gewand (“garment”)).
- Borrowed from Dutch Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a glove maker, from Middle Dutch want (“glove”).
Proper noun edit
Wand (plural Wands)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wand is the 28049th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 854 individuals. Wand is most common among White (84.19%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wand”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams edit
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German *wand, northern variant of want. For the phonetic development compare Hand.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Wand f (plural Wänn or Wäng, diminutive Wändche)
- (many dialects) wall
Usage notes edit
- The plural Wänn is used in Moselle Franconian and some southern dialects of Ripuarian. The form Wäng is used in many Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German want, from Old High German want, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“weave; wickerwork; plait; fence, wall”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn; bend; wind; twist; braid; weave”). Cognate with English wand although developing a completely distinct meaning.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Wand f (genitive Wand, plural Wände)
Usage notes edit
- The words Wand and Mauer are often but not always interchangeable. Even when they are synonymous, there is sometimes a preference for one of them:
- Wand is predominant for walls that are not made of stone, concrete, or the like. Mauer usually implies masonry.
- With stone walls, only Mauer is commonly used for freestanding ones.
- Both words are used for the walls of buildings. Wand is the normal choice, however, when one refers to them as seen from the inside (for example, a painting is typically said to hang an der Wand, "on the wall", rather than an der Mauer).
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Wand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Wand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Wand” in Duden online
- Wand on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German want.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Wand f (plural Wend)
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German and Old High German wint.
Noun edit
Wand m (plural Wënn or Wanden)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German and Old High German want.
Noun edit
Wand f (plural Wänn)
- (interior) wall
Derived terms edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German want. Compare German Wand, Dutch wand, English wand.
Noun edit
Wand f (plural Wend)
- interior wall