Wild

See also: wild

English

Proper noun

Wild

  1. A surname from Middle English originally referring to a wild person, or for someone living in uncultivated land.

See also

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wilt, from Old High German wild. Perhaps a collective form of wild (“wild”, adjective), from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī.

Pronunciation
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Noun

Wild n (strong, genitive Wildes or Wilds, no plural)

  1. (animals, hunting) game

Declension
Declension of Wild [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Wild
genitive eines des Wildes, Wilds
dative einem dem Wild, Wilde1
accusative ein das Wild

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Wild” in Duden online
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