Wild

See also: wild

English

Proper noun

Wild

1. A surname from Middle English originally referring to a wild person, or for someone living in uncultivated land.

See also

• Wyld

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wilt, from Old High German wild. Perhaps a collective form of wild (“wild”, adjective), from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Wild n (strong, genitive Wildes or Wilds, no plural)

1. (animals, hunting) game

Declension

Declension of Wild [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Wild
genitive	eines	des	Wildes, Wilds
dative	einem	dem	Wild, Wilde1
accusative	ein	das	Wild

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Freiwild
• wildreich

Further reading

• “Wild” in Duden online