Wald

See also: wald

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German walt, from Old High German wald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu. Cognate with German Wald, Dutch woud, English wold, Icelandic völlur.

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /vɑlt/

Noun

Wald m (plural Wälder, diminutive Wäldli)

1. woods, forest

German

Etymology

From Middle High German walt, from Old High German wald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu.

Cognates

Cognate with Dutch woud, Old English weald (English weald, wold), Old Norse vǫllr (Faroese vøllur, Norwegian Bokmål voll, Norwegian Nynorsk voll, Icelandic völlur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /valt/

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• Homophone: wallt

Noun

Wald m (strong, genitive Waldes or Walds, plural Wälder, diminutive Wäldchen n or Wäldlein n)

1. forest; woods; woodland

Declension

Declension of Wald [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wald	die	Wälder
genitive	eines	des	Waldes, Walds	der	Wälder
dative	einem	dem	Wald, Walde1	den	Wäldern
accusative	einen	den	Wald	die	Wälder

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Bambuswald
• Bannwald
• Buchenwald
• Eichenwald
• Fichtenwald
• Forst
• Hain
• Herbstwald
• Kiefernwald
• Lärchenwald
• Laubwald
• Nadelwald
• Parkwald
• Pinienwald
• Regenwald
• Schwarzwald
• Spreewald
• Stelenwald
• Urwald
• Wirtschaftswald
• Zauberwald
• Zedernwald

 

Derived terms

• Waldung

Related terms

• den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht sehen
• Waldahorn
• Waldameise
• Waldarbeiter
• waldarm
• Waldaufseher
• Waldbau
• Waldbeere
• Waldbild
• Waldbrand
• waldein
• Waldeinsamkeit
• Waldelb
• Waldesdunkel
• Waldesrand
• Waldesruhe
• Waldfuß
• Waldgehege
• Waldgeist
• Waldgeld
• Waldgenosse
• Waldglas
• Waldgott
• Waldgrenze
• Waldhorn
• Waldkampf
• Waldkatze
• Waldkauz
• Waldland
• Waldläufer
• Waldlichtung
• Waldmeister
• Waldmensch
• waldreich
• Waldschrat
• Waldstadt
• Waldsterben
• Waldvogel
• Waldweg

 

Further reading

• “Wald” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Wald” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Wald” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Wald” in Duden online
• “Wald” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Wald on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Central Franconian, from Middle High German walt, from Old High German wald (“forest”).

Noun

Wald m (plural Welder, diminutive Weldche)

1. forest

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wald.

Proper noun

Wald m (genitive/dative lui Wald)

1. a surname from German

References

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎^[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică