Odenwald
German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German Odonewalt, Odanwalt, Otenwalt, a compound of walt (“forest”) (compare modern German Wald). The meaning of the first element is unknown; see w:Odenwald § Name for some hypotheses.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
der Odenwald m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Odenwalds or des Odenwaldes)
- A mountain range in Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Odenwald” in Duden online