Wiktionary

Wald

See also: wald

Alemannic GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

Wald m (plural Wälder, diminutive Wäldli)

  1. woods, forest

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. forest; woods; woodland

DeclensionEdit

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 uncommon, see notes.

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Further readingEdit

  • “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

HunsrikEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

Wald m (plural Welder, diminutive Weldche)

  1. forest

Further readingEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From German Wald.

Proper nounEdit

Wald m (genitive/dative lui Wald)

  1. a surname from German

ReferencesEdit

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