Wald

See also: wald

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

(Zurich) IPA^(key): /vɑlt/

Noun

Wald m (plural Wälder, diminutive Wäldli)

woods, forest

German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German wald, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz. Cognate with Dutch woud, Old English weald (English weald, wold), Old Norse vǫllr (Faroese vøllur, Norwegian voll, Icelandic völlur).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /valt/
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Noun

Wald m (genitive Waldes or Walds, plural Wälder, diminutive Wäldchen n)

forest, wood, woods, woodland

Declension

Declension of Wald

	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

Derived terms

Terms derived from Wald

Bannwald
den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht sehen
Parkwald
Regenwald
Urwald
Waldahorn
Waldameise
waldarm
Waldaufseher

Waldbau
Waldbeere
Waldbrand
waldein
Waldeinsamkeit
Waldesdunkel
Waldgehege
Waldgeist

Waldgrenze
Waldhorn
Waldkampf
Waldmensch
waldreich
Waldstadt
Waldung
Wirtschaftswald

Further reading

Wald in Duden online

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