Wal

See also: wal, WAL, wäl, wał, wal•, and wal-

German

Etymology

From Old High German wal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). Compare Low German Waal, English whale, Danish hval, Swedish val; compare also Dutch walvis, German Low German Waalfisch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vaːl/
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  • Homophone: Wahl
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Wal m (genitive Wales, plural Wale)

  1. whale

Declension
Declension of Wal
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Wal die Wale
genitive eines des Wales,
Wals		 der Wale
dative einem dem Wal,
Wale1		 den Walen
accusative einen den Wal die Wale
1Now uncommon, see notes

See also

Further reading
  • Wal in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vaːl/
    • Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

From German Wal, from Old High German wal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz. Compare Dutch walvis, English whale, Danish hval, Icelandic hvalur.

Noun

Wal m (plural Walen)

  1. whale

Etymology 2

From German Wahl, Old High German wala, from Proto-Germanic *walō. The related terms below are inherited.

Alternative forms
  • Wahl (nonstandard, but not rare, to distinguish from etymology 1)

Noun

Wal f (plural Walen)

  1. (politics) election

Etymology 3

From Old High German wald, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz. Cognate with German Wald, Dutch woud, English wold

Noun

Wal m (uncountable)

  1. (in field names, otherwise widely archaic) forest
Synonyms
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