Wend

See also: wend

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Wende, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German Winida, from Proto-Germanic *winidaz, (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *windos (“white”), same source as Old English Winedas (“Wends”).

Noun

Wend (plural Wends)

1. A member of a Slavic people from the borders of Germany and Poland; a Sorb; a Kashub.
2. A term used for Slavic peoples living anywhere in the vicinity of German-speaking areas.

Translations

member of a Slavic people from the borders of Germany and Poland

• Danish: vender (da) c
• Esperanto: Vendo
• Finnish: vendi (fi)
• French: Wende (fr) m or f
• German: Wende (de) m, Wendin (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vender (no) m

  Nynorsk: vender m

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Old English: Winedas m
• Old Norse: vindr m, vendr m
• Polish: Wend m
• Russian: венд (ru) m (vend), винд m (vind), вене́д m (venéd)
• Ukrainian: венд m (vend), вінд m (vind)

Slav — see Slav

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Pennsylvania German

Noun

Wend

1. plural of Wand