"Wild" meaning in German

See Wild in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /vɪlt/ Audio: De-Wild.ogg Forms: Wilds [genitive], Wild [genitive], Wilds [plural], Wild [plural], Wilde [alternative], Wildt [alternative]
Etymology: From the adjective wild. Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m:f,s:-􂀿with an article􂁀,s:-}} Wild m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Wilds or (with an article) Wild, plural Wilds or Wild)
  1. a surname Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, strong
    Sense id: en-Wild-de-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): German surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /vɪlt/ Audio: De-Wild.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German wilt, from Old High German wild, from Proto-Germanic *wilþaz (z-stem), from the root of *wilþijaz (“wild”). Cognate with Dutch wild, Old English wildor. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|wilt}} Middle High German wilt, {{inh|de|goh|wild}} Old High German wild, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*wilþaz}} Proto-Germanic *wilþaz, {{cog|nl|wild}} Dutch wild, {{cog|ang|wildor}} Old English wildor Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s.sg}} Wild n (strong, genitive Wildes or Wilds, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s.sg}} Forms: Wildes [genitive], Wilds [genitive], neuter strong [table-tags], Wild [nominative, singular], Wildes [genitive, singular], Wilds [genitive, singular], Wild [dative, singular], Wilde [dative, singular], Wild [accusative, singular]
  1. (hunting, collective) game (huntable animals) Tags: collective, neuter, no-plural, strong Categories (topical): Hunting
    Sense id: en-Wild-de-noun-RyplSOI3 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 25 66 9 Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
  2. (cooking) game meat Tags: neuter, no-plural, strong Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-Wild-de-noun-5JsWL6S2 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: Damwild, Freiwild, Hochwild, Jagdwild, Niederwild, Rotwild, Schwarzwild Derived forms: Wildgehege, Wildpark, wildreich, Wildwechsel
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "form": "neuter strong",
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      "form": "Wilde",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "hunting",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
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        "no-plural",
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        "cooking",
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  "word": "Wild"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Wilde",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Wildt",
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      ]
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      "word": "Wildpark"
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      "word": "Wildwechsel"
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      "word": "Freiwild"
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      "word": "Jagdwild"
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