Walm

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German

Alternative forms

Walbe, Walben

Etymology

From Middle High German walbe, from Old High German walbo (“vault; vaulted roof”), from Proto-Germanic *hwalbô. Related to Old Norse hvalf, Old English hwealf.

Noun

Walm m (genitive Walms or Walmes, plural Walme)

a bevelled roof, particularly if triangular and in a gable

Declension

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Derived terms

Walmdach

References

“Walm” in Duden online
Wolfgang Pfeifer: Etymologisches Wörterbuch

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