Wels

See also: wels

English

Proper noun

Wels

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

German

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /vɛls/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

Wels m (strong, genitive Welses, plural Welse)

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

Declension

Synonyms

  • Europäischer Wels (Silurus glanis)
  • Flusswels m (Silurus glanis)

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.