Welpe

German

Alternative forms

Welf (by-form, Nebenform, Duden) (feminine Welfin )

Etymology

Form Middle High German welf, welfe, from Old High German hwelf, 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/
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Hyphenation: Wel‧pe

Noun

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

puppy (male or of unspecified sex) (young dog)

Meine Hündin hat neulich sieben Welpen geworfen.
My dog recently bore seven puppies.
cub (male or of unspecified sex) (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

	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

Terms derived from Welpe

Afrikanischer Wildhundwelpe
Akitawelpe
Akita-Welpe
Amurtigerwelpe
Dachswelpe
Dackelwelpe
Dalmatinerwelpe
Deutscher Schäferhundwelpe
Frettchenwelpe
Fuchswelpe
Gepardenwelpe
Goldkatzenwelpe
Goldschakalwelpe
Hundewelpe
Hyänenwelpe
Jaguarwelpe
Kanadaluchswelpe
Kanada-Luchswelpe
Katzenwelpe
Kojotenwelpe
Leopardenwelpe

Löwenwelpe
Luchswelpe
Marmorkatzenwelpe
Mischlingswelpe
Nebelparderwelpe
Nordluchswelpe
Pantherwelpe
Pudelwelpe
Pumawelpe
Rattenwelpe
Rauhaardackelwelpe
Rotluchswelpe
Saugwelpe
Schabrackenhyänenwelpe
Schabrackenschakalwelpe
Schäferhundwelpe
Schakalwelpe
Schneeleopardenwelpe
Spitzwelpe
Streifenhyänenwelpe
Streifenschakalwelpe

Sunda-Nebelparderwelpe
Tigerwelpe
Tüpfelhyänenwelpe
Welpenalter
Welpenaufzucht
Welpenbesitzer
Welpenbuch
Welpenerziehung
Welpengruppe
Welpenkurs
Welpenprägung
Welpenschule
Welpenschutz
Welpensterben
Welpenverlust
Welpenzeit
Wildhundwelpe
Windhundwelpe
Wolfswelpe
Wurf Welpen

Further reading

Welpe in Duden online

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