Wulf

See also: wulf, wülf, and Wülf

German

Proper noun

Wulf

1. a male given name, variant of Wolf

Proper noun

Wulf m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Wulfs or (with an article) Wulf, feminine genitive Wulf, plural Wulfs)

1. a surname transferred from the given name

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German wulf, from Old Saxon wulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz.

Noun

Wulf m (plural Wülf or Wülv)

1. wolf (canine)

Hypernyms

• Deert
• Roofdeert
• Söögdeert
• Veerföter
• Veerföters (Tetrapoda)

See also

• Deertenkunn
• Hund
• Wildhund
• Dutch Low Saxon: wolf (some dialects), wulv (West-Veluws)

References

• Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German and Old Saxon wulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf.

Noun

Wulf m (plural Wilw or Wilv)

1. wolf

Saterland Frisian

n'Wulf.

Etymology

From Old Frisian wolf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf. Cognates include West Frisian wolf and German Wolf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvʊlf/
• Hyphenation: Wulf

Noun

Wulf m (plural Wulve)

1. wolf (Canis lupus)

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Wulf”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN