Wald
See also: wald
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German walt, from Old High German wald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu. Cognate with German Wald, Dutch woud, English wold, Icelandic völlur.
Pronunciation
- (Zurich) IPA(key): /vɑlt/
Noun
Wald m (plural Wälder, diminutive Wäldli)
- woods, forest
German
Etymology
From Middle High German walt, from Old High German wald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu.
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch woud, Old English weald (English weald, wold), Old Norse vǫllr (Faroese vøllur, Norwegian Bokmål voll, Norwegian Nynorsk voll, Icelandic völlur).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /valt/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Homophone: wallt
Noun
Wald m (strong, genitive Waldes or Walds, plural Wälder, diminutive Wäldchen n)
- forest; woods; woodland
Declension
Declension of Wald [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Wald | die | Wälder |
| genitive | eines | des | Waldes, Walds | der | Wälder |
| dative | einem | dem | Wald, Walde1 | den | Wäldern |
| accusative | einen | den | Wald | die | Wälder |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Hyponyms
- Bambuswald
- Bannwald
- Buchenwald
- Eichenwald
- Fichtenwald
- Forst
- Hain
- Herbstwald
- Kiefernwald
- Lärchenwald
- Laubwald
- Nadelwald
- Parkwald
- Pinienwald
- Regenwald
- Schwarzwald
- Spreewald
- Urwald
- Wirtschaftswald
- Zauberwald
- Zedernwald
Derived terms
- Waldung
Related terms
- den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht sehen
- Waldahorn
- Waldameise
- Waldarbeiter
- waldarm
- Waldaufseher
- Waldbau
- Waldbeere
- Waldbrand
- waldein
- Waldeinsamkeit
- Waldelb
- Waldesdunkel
- Waldesrand
- Waldesruhe
- Waldgehege
- Waldgeist
- Waldgrenze
- Waldhorn
- Waldkampf
- Waldkatze
- Waldkauz
- Waldland
- Waldläufer
- Waldlichtung
- Waldmeister
- Waldmensch
- waldreich
- Waldschrat
- Waldstadt
- Waldsterben
- Waldvogel
- Waldweg
Further reading
- “Wald” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Wald” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Wald” in Duden online
- “Wald” in OpenThesaurus.de
Wald on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Central Franconian, from Middle High German walt, from Old High German wald (“forest”).
Noun
Wald m (plural Welder, diminutive Weldche)
- forest
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Romanian
Etymology
From German Wald.
Proper noun
Wald m (genitive/dative lui Wald)
- a surname from German
References
- Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică