Wald

See also: wald

Alemannic German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /vɑlt/

Noun

Wald m (plural Wälder, diminutive Wäldli)

1. woods, forest

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German walt, from Old High German wald, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz. Cognate with Dutch woud, Old English weald (English weald, wold), Old Norse vǫllr (Faroese vøllur, Norwegian voll, Icelandic völlur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /valt/

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Noun

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

1. forest; woods; woodland

Declension

Declension of Wald

	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

Hyponyms

• Forst
• Hain
• Urwald

Derived terms

• Bannwald
• den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht sehen
• Parkwald
• Regenwald
• Urwald
• Waldahorn
• Waldameise
• waldarm
• Waldaufseher
• Waldbau
• Waldbeere
• Waldbrand
• waldein
• Waldeinsamkeit
• Waldesdunkel
• Waldgehege
• Waldgeist
• Waldgrenze
• Waldhorn
• Waldkampf
• Waldmensch
• waldreich
• Waldstadt
• Waldung
• Wirtschaftswald

 

Further reading

• Wald in Duden online

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Hunsrik

Noun

Wald m (plural Welder, diminutive Weldche)

1. forest

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary