Odenwald
German
Etymology
From Old High German Odonewalt, Odanwalt, Otenwalt, a compound of walt (“forest”) (compare modern German Wald). The meaning of the first element is unknown; see w:Odenwald § Name for some hypotheses.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoːdn̩ˌvalt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Oden‧wald
Proper noun
der Odenwald m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Odenwalds or des Odenwaldes)
- A mountain range in Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Odenwald” in Duden online
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