Wand

See also: wand

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Wank (Ripuarian, now chiefly western dialects)

Etymology

From Old High German *wand, northern variant of want. For the phonetic development compare Hand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋant/

Noun

Wand f (plural Wänn or Wäng, diminutive Wändche)

1. (many dialects) wall

Usage notes

• The plural Wänn is used in Moselle Franconian and some southern dialects of Ripuarian. The form Wäng is used in many Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German want, from Old High German want, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“weave; wickerwork; plait; fence, wall”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn; bend; wind; twist; braid; weave”). Cognate with English wand although developing a completely distinct meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vant/
• Rhymes: -ant

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Noun

Wand f (genitive Wand, plural Wände)

1. wall, partition
2. precipice

Usage notes

• The words Wand and Mauer are often but not always interchangeable. Even when they are, there is sometimes a preference for one of them:

• Wand is strongly predominant for all walls that are not made of stone, concrete, or the like. Mauer usually implies masonry.
• With stone walls, only Mauer is commonly used for freestanding ones.
• Both words are used for the walls of buildings. Wand is the normal choice, however, when one refers to them as seen from the inside (for example, a painting is typically said to hang an der Wand, "on the wall", rather than an der Mauer).

Declension

Declension of Wand

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Wand	die	Wände
genitive	einer	der	Wand	der	Wände
dative	einer	der	Wand	den	Wänden
accusative	eine	die	Wand	die	Wände

Derived terms

• Außenwand
• Bergwand
• Felswand
• Gewitterwand
• Leinwand
• Magenwand
• Trennwand
• Wandgemälde
• Wandfarbe
• Wanze

Further reading

• Wand in Duden online

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vant/

Noun

Wand f (plural Wend)

1. wall

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vant/, [vɑnt]
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Etymology 1

From Old High German wint, from Proto-Germanic *windaz.

Noun

Wand m (plural Wënn or Wanden)

1. wind

Derived terms

• Wandmillen

Etymology 2

From Old High German want.

Noun

Wand f (plural Wänn)

1. (interior) wall

Derived terms

• Wandauer
• Wandschaf
• Wandteppech

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Wand, Dutch wand, English wand.

Noun

Wand f (plural Wend)

1. interior wall