Wand
See also: wand
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Central FranconianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Wank (Ripuarian; now chiefly western dialects)
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 *wandiz (“weave; wickerwork; plait; wall”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn; bend; wind; twist; braid; weave”).
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, there is sometimes a preference for one of them:
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- Wand is predominant for all walls that are not made of stone, concrete, or the like.
- 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
Declension of Wand
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Wand in Duden online