Wels

See also: wels

English

Proper noun

Wels

1. A city in Wels-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria, south-west of Linz.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wels, from Old High German *wals, *walis, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaliʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). Cognate with German Low German Wels (“catfish”), Dutch wels (“catfish”), Old High German walira (“whale”), German Wal (“whale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛls/

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Noun

Wels m (strong, genitive Welses, plural Welse)

1. wels catfish, Silurus glanis
2. catfish, any fish of the order Siluriformes

Declension

Declension of Wels [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wels	die	Welse
genitive	eines	des	Welses	der	Welse
dative	einem	dem	Wels, Welse1	den	Welsen
accusative	einen	den	Wels	die	Welse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

• Europäischer Wels (Silurus glanis)
• Flusswels m (Silurus glanis)

Derived terms

• Gebirgswels
• Glaswels
• Teufelswels