Wels

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Wels

  1. A city in Wels-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria, south-west of Linz.

German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German wels, from Old High German *wals, *walis, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaliʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (sheatfish). Cognate with German Low German Wels (catfish), Dutch wels (catfish), Old High German walira (whale), German Wal (whale).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vɛls/
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Noun[edit]

Wels m (strong, genitive Welses, plural Welse)

  1. wels catfish, Silurus glanis
  2. catfish, any fish of the order Siluriformes

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