Waal

English

Proper noun

Waal (countable and uncountable, plural Waals)

1. A river, a distributary of the Rhine in Western Europe that runs through the Netherlands.
2. A surname

See also

• Wahl
• Wal
• Wall
• Walle
• Whal

 

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋaːl/
• Hyphenation: Waal
• Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *Wahalaz, *Wahaliz, attested in Latin sources as vacalus, vahalis.

Proper noun

Waal m

1. The Waal (a river and distributary of the Rhine that runs through the provinces of Gelderland and Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch Wale, from Old Dutch *Wala, *Wale, from Proto-West Germanic *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”).

Noun

Waal m (plural Walen, diminutive Waaltje n, feminine Waalse)

1. A Walloon person, a person from Wallonia

Derived terms

• Waals

Etymology 3

Derived from a variant of wiel (“kolk lake”).

Proper noun

Waal n

1. A hamlet in Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German wale, from Old High German wala from Proto-West Germanic *walu, from Proto-Germanic *walą, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-

Cognate with German Wahl and Luxembourgish Wiel, Wal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl
• Hyphenation: Waal

Noun

Waal f (nominative plural Waale)

1. choice
2. election
   • 2022 September 30, 0:32 from the start, in Eleições em Hunsriqueano (Hunsrik)‎^[2], spoken by Piter Kehoma Boll, via Youtube:

     Die Waal basseerd heit.

     The election happens today.

Declension

Declension of Waal

	singular		plural
	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative/accusative	die	Waal	die	Waale
dative	där/de	Waal	den/de	Waale

Related terms

nouns

• Waalkaste
• Waalzone
• Weeler

 

verbs

• weele