wild

af-adj

wild (attributive wilde, comparative wilder, superlative wildste)

wilde (attributive)
wilder (comparative)
wildste (superlative)

From Dutch wild, from Middle Dutch wilt, from Old Dutch *wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.


wild

nl-adj

wild (comparative wilder, superlative wildst)

wilder (comparative)
wildst (superlative)
wild (adverbial positive predicative)
wilder (adverbial comparative predicative)
het wildst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het wildste (adverbial predicative superlative)
wilde (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
wildere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
wildste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
wild (indefinite neuter positive singular)
wilder (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
wildste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
wilde (indefinite plural positive)
wildere (comparative indefinite plural)
wildste (indefinite plural superlative)
wilde (definite positive)
wildere (comparative definite)
wildste (definite superlative)
wilds (partitive positive)
wilders (comparative partitive)

Afrikaans: wild

Berbice Creole Dutch: weldri

Jersey Dutch: wäld

desc

Negerhollands: wild, weeld, welt, willit, wil

From Middle Dutch wilt, from Old Dutch wildi, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.


wild

Afrikaans: wild


wild

Coordinate term: feral

Near-synonym: indigenous

Przewalski's horses are the only remaining wild horses, although there are many feral horses throughout the world.

In this region, the wild boars can be dangerous, but (perhaps counterintuitively) the feral hogs can be even worse.

noli me tangere for Ceſars I ame
and wylde for to hold though I ſeme tame

c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Who so list to hounte”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 7v:

Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way.

c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

Thee Shepherd, thee the Woods, and deſert caves, / With wilde Thyme and the gadding Vine o'regrown,

1637, John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 58:

Their flowers range from the rather formal blossoming of outer London to the wilder flowering of the country, where willow-herb and broom, traveller's joy and campion, go rioting over the chalky banks of the Metropolitan Line.

1950 July, “Traveller's Joy”, in Railway Magazine, page ii (advertisement):

Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.

2013 May–June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

en:untamed, not domesticated
en:being of the wild type

Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.

en:being in the wild, whether indigenously or ferally

Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).

wild honey

I was filled with wild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall.

Forgive these wild and wandering cries,
Confusions of a wasted youth;
Forgive them where they fail in truth,
And in thy wisdom make me wise.

1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Prologue”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

The fraternity was infamous for its wild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement.

Those most rural routes will not get overhead wires. As Reeve told the seminar: "Even in my wildest dreams, I can't see a business case for electrifying the Far North Line."

2022 August 10, Philip Haigh, “Scotland switched on to electrification”, in RAIL, number 963, page 35:

The aircraft's navigational equipment should not be powered from the wild AC bus except in an emergency, as its computers can be damaged by variations in electrical frequency.

electrical engineering
electrical engineering

(electrical engineering) Of unregulated and varying frequency.

City, in contrast, were lethargic in every area of the pitch and their main contribution in the first half-hour was to keep referee Phil Dowd busy, with Micah Richards among four of their players booked early on, in his case for a wild lunge on Young.

2011 August 7, Chris Bevan, “Man City 2-3 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:

Her mother was wild with fear when she didn't return home after the party.

After a week on the trail without a mirror, my hair was wild and dirty.

I'm not wild about the idea of a two day car trip with my nephews, but it's my only option.

The novice archer fired a wild shot and hit her opponent's target.

a wild roadstead

Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.

(mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.

Did you hear? Pat won the lottery! — Wow, that's wild!

In this card game, aces are wild: they can take the place of any other card.

We define a pattern as a valid GP subtree that might contain wild characters [i.e. wildcards] in any of its nodes.

2009, Leonardo Vanneschi, Steven Gustafson, Alberto Moraglio, Genetic Programming: 12th European Conference:

Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.

a wild track; wild sound

Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.

en-adj

wild (comparative wilder, superlative wildest)

wilder (comparative)
wildest (superlative)

wild chamomile

Matricaria discoidea or Tripleurospermum inodorum

wild pink

Silene caroliniana or Dianthus sect. Fimbriatum spp.

From Middle English wild, wilde, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool, grass, ear (of corn), forest”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian wyld, Dutch wild, German wild, Danish vild, Swedish vild, Norwegian vill, Icelandic villtur.


wild

The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.

Let's record it wild.

(of an audio recording) Intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.


wild

After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild.

(singular, with "the") The undomesticated state of a wild animal.

1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
Thus every good his native wilds impart
Imprints the patriot passion on his heart;
And e’en those ills that round his mansion rise
Enhance the bliss his scanty funds supplies.


wild

...Chief of Detectives Robert Colangelo, who said the attacks appeared unrelated to money, race, drugs, or alcohol, said that some of the 20 youths brought in for questioning has told investigators that the crime spree was the product of a pastime called "wilding".
"It's not a term that we in the police had heard before," the chief said, noting that the police were unaware of any similar incident in the park recently. "They just said, 'We were going wilding.' In my mind at this point, it implies that they were going to raise hell."...

1989 April 22, David E. Pitt, “Jogger's Attackers Terrorized at Least 9 in 2 Hours”, in New York Times, page 1:

Now is they wildin with us / And getting rowdy with us.

1999, Busta Rhymes (Trevor Taheim Smith, Jr.), Iz They Wildin Wit Us? (song)

(intransitive, slang) To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.

They had a big influence on me. They had a big influence on Brooklyn period. I like the nonsense. [laughs] They were wildin'. Everyone in Brooklyn was liking that shit. They're wildin'. Their story in the stu, it gets deep.

2021 April 6, Shirley Ju, “The New Voice of Brooklyn is Here To 'Drench 'Em'”, in Flaunt Magazine, archived from the original on 2022-09-07:

Kinsey posted a clip of the incident alongside a caption that reads: "Damn the ER in Tulsa be wildin'."

2021 October 14, Jack Beresford, “Hospital Security Guard 'Heartbroken' After Being Fired Over Viral Video Confrontation”, in Newsweek:

The Ringer's Culture/NBA writer Wosney Lambre said it best: "I think it's a bad look for the players to be wilding on the fans like this. Fair or not, the players are held to a higher standard of decorum than the loser fans. It is what it is."

2022 April 20, A. Sherrod Blakely, “The Neverending Disappointment of Kyrie Irving”, in Bleacher Report:

(intransitive, slang) (In the form wilding or wildin') To act in a strange or unexpected way.

en-verb

wild (third-person singular simple present wilds, present participle wilding, simple past and past participle wilded)

wilds (present singular third-person)
wilding (participle present)
wilded (participle past)
wilded (past)


wild

(informal) wild, unrestrained, raucous (of behavior, parties, etc.)

(informal) crazy, hard to believe (of stories, situations, etc.)

de-adj

wild (strong nominative masculine singular wilder, comparative wilder, superlative am wildesten)

wilder (masculine nominative singular strong)
wilder (comparative)
am wildesten (superlative)
wild (masculine predicative singular)
wild (feminine predicative singular)
wild (neuter predicative singular)
wild (plural predicative)
wilder (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
wilde (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
wildes (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
wilde (nominative plural strong without-article)
wilden (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
wilder (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
wilden (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
wilder (genitive plural strong without-article)
wildem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
wilder (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
wildem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
wilden (dative plural strong without-article)
wilden (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
wilde (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
wildes (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
wilde (accusative plural strong without-article)
der wilde (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die wilde (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das wilde (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die wilden (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des wilden (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der wilden (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des wilden (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der wilden (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem wilden (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der wilden (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem wilden (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den wilden (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den wilden (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die wilde (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das wilde (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die wilden (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein wilder (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine wilde (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein wildes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
wilden (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine wilden (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines wilden (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer wilden (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines wilden (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
wilden (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner wilden (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem wilden (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer wilden (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem wilden (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
wilden (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen wilden (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen wilden (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine wilde (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein wildes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
wilden (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine wilden (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
wilder (comparative masculine predicative singular)
wilder (comparative feminine predicative singular)
wilder (comparative neuter predicative singular)
wilder (comparative plural predicative)
wilderer (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
wildere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
wilderes (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
wildere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
wilderen (comparative genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
wilderer (comparative feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
wilderen (comparative genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
wilderer (comparative genitive plural strong without-article)
wilderem (comparative dative masculine singular strong without-article)
wilderer (comparative dative feminine singular strong without-article)
wilderem (comparative dative neuter singular strong without-article)
wilderen (comparative dative plural strong without-article)
wilderen (accusative comparative masculine singular strong without-article)
wildere (accusative comparative feminine singular strong without-article)
wilderes (accusative comparative neuter singular strong without-article)
wildere (accusative comparative plural strong without-article)
der wildere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die wildere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das wildere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die wilderen (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des wilderen (comparative definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der wilderen (comparative definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des wilderen (comparative definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der wilderen (comparative definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem wilderen (comparative dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der wilderen (comparative dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem wilderen (comparative dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den wilderen (comparative dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den wilderen (accusative comparative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die wildere (accusative comparative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das wildere (accusative comparative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die wilderen (accusative comparative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein wilderer (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine wildere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein wilderes (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
wilderen (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine wilderen (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines wilderen (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer wilderen (comparative feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines wilderen (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
wilderen (comparative genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner wilderen (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem wilderen (comparative dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer wilderen (comparative dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem wilderen (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
wilderen (comparative dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen wilderen (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen wilderen (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine wildere (accusative comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein wilderes (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
wilderen (accusative comparative indefinite mixed plural)
keine wilderen (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
am wildesten (masculine predicative singular superlative)
am wildesten (feminine predicative singular superlative)
am wildesten (neuter predicative singular superlative)
am wildesten (plural predicative superlative)
wildester (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
wildeste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
wildestes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
wildeste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
wildesten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
wildester (feminine genitive singular strong superlative without-article)
wildesten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
wildester (genitive plural strong superlative without-article)
wildestem (dative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
wildester (dative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
wildestem (dative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
wildesten (dative plural strong superlative without-article)
wildesten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
wildeste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
wildestes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
wildeste (accusative plural strong superlative without-article)
der wildeste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
die wildeste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
das wildeste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
die wildesten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
des wildesten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der wildesten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative weak)
des wildesten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
der wildesten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative weak)
dem wildesten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
der wildesten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
dem wildesten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
den wildesten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
den wildesten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
die wildeste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
das wildeste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
die wildesten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
ein wildester (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
eine wildeste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
ein wildestes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
wildesten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keine wildesten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative)
eines wildesten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer wildesten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
eines wildesten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
wildesten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keiner wildesten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einem wildesten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einer wildesten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einem wildesten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
wildesten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keinen wildesten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
einen wildesten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
eine wildeste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
ein wildestes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
wildesten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keine wildesten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)

Inherited from Middle High German wilde, from Old High German wildi, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.


wild

wilder (comparative)
wildest (superlative)
wild (masculine nominative singular)
wild (feminine nominative singular)
wild (neuter nominative singular)
wilde (nominative plural)
wilde (accusative masculine singular)
wild (accusative feminine singular)
wild (accusative neuter singular)
wilde (accusative plural)
wilde (dative masculine singular)
wilde (dative feminine singular)
wilde (dative neuter singular)
wilde (dative plural)
wilder (masculine nominative singular)
wilde (feminine nominative singular)
wildes (neuter nominative singular)
wilde (accusative feminine singular)
wildes (accusative neuter singular)
wildem (dative masculine singular)
wilder (dative feminine singular)
wildem (dative neuter singular)


wild

head

wild (comparative willer, superlative willst)

willer (comparative)
willst (superlative)
he is wild (masculine predicative singular)
se is wild (feminine predicative singular)
dat is wild (neuter predicative singular)
se sünd wild (plural predicative)
een Wills (masculine partitive singular)
een Wills (feminine partitive singular)
wat Wills (neuter partitive singular)
allens Will (partitive plural)
wille (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
wille (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
wild (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
wille (nominative plural strong without-article)
willen (masculine oblique singular strong without-article)
wille (feminine oblique singular strong without-article)
wild (neuter oblique singular strong without-article)
wille (oblique plural strong without-article)
de wille (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
de wille (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
dat wille (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
de willen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
den willen (definite includes-article masculine oblique singular weak)
de wille (definite feminine includes-article oblique singular weak)
dat wille (definite includes-article neuter oblique singular weak)
de willen (definite includes-article oblique plural weak)
en wille (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
willen (indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
en wille (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
en wild (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
willet (indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
willen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keen willen (includes-article indefinite mixed nominative plural)
en willen (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed oblique singular)
en wille (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed oblique singular)
en wild (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter oblique singular)
willet (indefinite mixed neuter oblique singular)
willen (indefinite mixed oblique plural)
keen willen (includes-article indefinite mixed oblique plural)
he is willer (comparative masculine predicative singular)
se is willer (comparative feminine predicative singular)
dat is willer (comparative neuter predicative singular)
se sünd willer (comparative plural predicative)
een willers (comparative masculine partitive singular)
een willers (comparative feminine partitive singular)
wat willers (comparative neuter partitive singular)
allens willer (comparative partitive plural)
willere (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
willere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
willer (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
willere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
willern (comparative masculine oblique singular strong without-article)
willere (comparative feminine oblique singular strong without-article)
willer (comparative neuter oblique singular strong without-article)
willere (comparative oblique plural strong without-article)
de willere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
de willere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
dat willere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
de willern (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
den willern (comparative definite includes-article masculine oblique singular weak)
de willere (comparative definite feminine includes-article oblique singular weak)
dat willere (comparative definite includes-article neuter oblique singular weak)
de willern (comparative definite includes-article oblique plural weak)
en willere (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
willeren (comparative indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
en willere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
en willer (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
willern (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keen willern (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed nominative plural)
en willern (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed oblique singular)
en willere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed oblique singular)
en willer (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter oblique singular)
willern (comparative indefinite mixed oblique plural)
keen willern (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed oblique plural)
he is de Willste (masculine predicative singular superlative)
se is de Willste (feminine predicative singular superlative)
dat is dat Willste (neuter predicative singular superlative)
se sünd de Willsten (plural predicative superlative)
willste (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
willste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
willst (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
willste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
willsten (masculine oblique singular strong superlative without-article)
willste (feminine oblique singular strong superlative without-article)
willst (neuter oblique singular strong superlative without-article)
willste (oblique plural strong superlative without-article)
de willste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
de willste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
dat willste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
de willsten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
den willsten (definite includes-article masculine oblique singular superlative weak)
de willste (definite feminine includes-article oblique singular superlative weak)
dat willste (definite includes-article neuter oblique singular superlative weak)
de willsten (definite includes-article oblique plural superlative weak)
en willste (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
willsten (indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
en willste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
en willst (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
willsten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keen willsten (includes-article indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
en willsten (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed oblique singular superlative)
en willste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed oblique singular superlative)
en willst (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter oblique singular superlative)
willsten (indefinite mixed oblique plural superlative)
keen willsten (includes-article indefinite mixed oblique plural superlative)

From Middle Low German wilde, from Old Saxon wildi, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.
Compare English, Dutch and German wild, West Frisian wyld, Danish vild.


wild

Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

Destroy, kill those vines,
the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
without bread, without light, without peace!