Wand

See also: wand

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Wank (Ripuarian, now chiefly western dialects)

Etymology

From Old High German *wand, northern variant of want. For the phonetic development compare Hand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋant/

Noun

Wand f (plural Wänn or Wäng, diminutive Wändche)

1. (many dialects) wall

Usage notes

• The plural Wänn is used in Moselle Franconian and some southern dialects of Ripuarian. The form Wäng is used in many Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German want, from Old High German want, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“weave; wickerwork; plait; fence, wall”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn; bend; wind; twist; braid; weave”). Cognate with English wand although developing a completely distinct meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vant/
• Rhymes: -ant

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Noun

Wand f (genitive Wand, plural Wände)

1. wall, partition
2. precipice

Usage notes

• The words Wand and Mauer are often but not always interchangeable. Even when they are, there is sometimes a preference for one of them:

• Wand is strongly predominant for all walls that are not made of stone, concrete, or the like. Mauer usually implies masonry.
• With stone walls, only Mauer is commonly used for freestanding ones.
• Both words are used for the walls of buildings. Wand is the normal choice, however, when one refers to them as seen from the inside (for example, a painting is typically said to hang an der Wand, "on the wall", rather than an der Mauer).

Derived terms

• Außenwand
• Bergwand
• Felswand
• Gewitterwand
• Hauswand
• Leinwand
• Magenwand
• Trennwand
• Wandbehang
• Wandfarbe
• Wandgemälde
• Wandteppich
• Zimmerwand

 

Related terms

• Wanze

Further reading

• “Wand” in Duden online

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vant/

Noun

Wand f (plural Wend)

1. wall

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vant/, [vɑnt]
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Etymology 1

From Old High German wint, from Proto-Germanic *windaz.

Noun

Wand m (plural Wënn or Wanden)

1. wind

Derived terms

• Wandmillen

Etymology 2

From Old High German want.

Noun

Wand f (plural Wänn)

1. (interior) wall

Derived terms

• Wandauer
• Wandschaf
• Wandteppech

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Wand, Dutch wand, English wand.

Noun

Wand f (plural Wend)

1. interior wall