Welpe
See also: welpe
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Form Middle High German welf, welfe, from Old High German hwelf, from Proto-West Germanic *hwelp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz. The consonantism in modern Welpe is from Middle Low German welp, from Old Saxon hwelp. Cognate to English whelp.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Welpe m (weak, genitive Welpen, plural Welpen, diminutive Welpchen n or Welplein n, feminine (rare) Welpin)
- puppy (male or of unspecified gender) (young dog)
- Meine Hündin hat neulich sieben Welpen geworfen.
- My dog recently bore seven puppies.
- cub (male or of unspecified gender) (young of several wild animals)
- Ich habe gestern im Wald einen Fuchs mit seinen Welpen gesehen.
- Yesterday I saw a fox and its cubs in the forest.
Declension edit
Declension of Welpe [masculine, weak]
Derived terms edit
- Afrikanischer Wildhundwelpe
- Akita-Welpe
- Akitawelpe
- Amurtigerwelpe
- Dachswelpe
- Dackelwelpe
- Dalmatinerwelpe
- Deutscher Schäferhundwelpe
- Frettchenwelpe
- Fuchswelpe
- Gepardenwelpe
- Goldkatzenwelpe
- Goldschakalwelpe
- Hundewelpe
- Hyänenwelpe
- Jaguarwelpe
- Kanada-Luchswelpe
- Kanadaluchswelpe
- Katzenwelpe
- Kojotenwelpe
- Leopardenwelpe
- Löwenwelpe
- Luchswelpe
- Marmorkatzenwelpe
- Mischlingswelpe
- Nebelparderwelpe
- Nordluchswelpe
- Pantherwelpe
- Pudelwelpe
- Pumawelpe
- Rattenwelpe
- Rauhaardackelwelpe
- Rotluchswelpe
- Saugwelpe
- Schabrackenhyänenwelpe
- Schabrackenschakalwelpe
- Schäferhundwelpe
- Schakalwelpe
- Schneeleopardenwelpe
- Spitzwelpe
- Streifenhyänenwelpe
- Streifenschakalwelpe
- Sunda-Nebelparderwelpe
- Tigerwelpe
- Tüpfelhyänenwelpe
- Welpenalter
- Welpenaufzucht
- Welpenbesitzer
- Welpenbuch
- Welpenerziehung
- Welpengruppe
- Welpenkurs
- Welpenprägung
- Welpenschule
- Welpenschutz
- Welpensterben
- Welpenverlust
- Welpenzeit
- Wildhundwelpe
- Windhundwelpe
- Wolfswelpe
- Wurf Welpen