Wand
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Various origins:
- A nickname for a shy or short-sighted person, from Old English wand (“mole”).
- Borrowed from German Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a weaver or cloth cutter, from Middle High German gewant (“cloth, garment”) (representing modern Gewand (“garment”)).
- Borrowed from Dutch Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a glove maker, from Middle Dutch want (“glove”).
Proper nounEdit
Wand (plural Wands)
- A surname.
StatisticsEdit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wand is the 28049th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 854 individuals. Wand is most common among White (84.19%) individuals.
Further readingEdit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wand”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
AnagramsEdit
Central FranconianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German *wand, northern variant of want. For the phonetic development compare Hand.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Wand f (plural Wänn or Wäng, diminutive Wändche)
- (many dialects) wall
Usage notesEdit
- 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.
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Wand f (genitive Wand, plural Wände)
Usage notesEdit
- The words Wand and Mauer are often but not always interchangeable. Even when they are synonymous, there is sometimes a preference for one of them:
- Wand is predominant for 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).
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “Wand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Wand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Wand” in Duden online
- Wand on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
HunsrikEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Wand f (plural Wend)
Further readingEdit
LuxembourgishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle High German and Old High German wint.
NounEdit
Wand m (plural Wënn or Wanden)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old High German want.
NounEdit
Wand f (plural Wänn)
- (interior) wall
Derived termsEdit
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German and Old High German want. Compare German Wand, Dutch wand, English wand.
NounEdit
Wand f (plural Wend)
- interior wall