Welpe

See also: welpe

German

Alternative forms

Welf (by-form, Nebenform)

Etymology

Form Middle High German welf, welfe, from Old High German hwelf, from Proto-West Germanic *hwelp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz. The consonantism in modern Welpe is from Middle Low German welp, from Old Saxon hwelp. Cognate to English whelp.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛlpə/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: Wel‧pe

Noun

Welpe m (weak, genitive Welpen, plural Welpen, diminutive Welpchen n or Welplein n, feminine (rare) Welpin)

puppy (male or of unspecified gender) (young dog)
Meine Hündin hat neulich sieben Welpen geworfen.
My dog recently bore seven puppies.
cub (male or of unspecified gender) (young of several wild animals)
Ich habe gestern im Wald einen Fuchs mit seinen Welpen gesehen.
Yesterday I saw a fox and its cubs in the forest.

Declension

Declension of Welpe [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Welpe	die	Welpen
genitive	eines	des	Welpen	der	Welpen
dative	einem	dem	Welpen	den	Welpen
accusative	einen	den	Welpen	die	Welpen

Derived terms

Further reading

“Welpe” in Duden online
“Welpe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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