"wolf" meaning in Old High German

See wolf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wolf/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*wulf}} Proto-West Germanic *wulf, {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*wulfaz}} Proto-Germanic *wulfaz Head templates: {{head|goh|noun|plural|wolfa|||g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} wolf m (plural wolfa), {{goh-noun|m|wolfa}} wolf m (plural wolfa) Inflection templates: {{goh-decl-noun-a-m|wolf}} Forms: wolfa [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], wolf [nominative, singular], wolfa [nominative, plural], wolf [accusative, singular], wolfa [accusative, plural], wolfes [genitive, singular], wolfo [genitive, plural], wolfe [dative, singular], wolfum [dative, plural], wolfu [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural]
  1. (countable) wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily) Tags: countable, masculine Categories (lifeform): Wolves Derived forms: wolfbizzo, Wolfgang

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "wolf"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: wolf\nAlemannic German: wolf (Italian Walser)\nBavarian: Woif, Wolf\nCimbrian: bolf\nMòcheno: bolf\nUdinese: bolf, bölf\nGerman: Wolf\nHunsrik: Wollef\nLuxembourgish: Wollef\nPennsylvania German: Wolf\nVilamovian: wūf\nYiddish: וואָלף (volf)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: wolf\nAlemannic German: wolf (Italian Walser)\nBavarian: Woif, Wolf\nCimbrian: bolf\nMòcheno: bolf\nUdinese: bolf, bölf\nGerman: Wolf\nHunsrik: Wollef\nLuxembourgish: Wollef\nPennsylvania German: Wolf\nVilamovian: wūf\nYiddish: וואָלף (volf)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wulf"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wulf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wulfaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wulfaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wolfa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goh-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "wolfa",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wolf m (plural wolfa)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "wolfa"
      },
      "expansion": "wolf m (plural wolfa)",
      "name": "goh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wolf"
      },
      "name": "goh-decl-noun-a-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "goh",
          "name": "Wolves",
          "orig": "goh:Wolves",
          "parents": [
            "Canids",
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "wolfbizzo"
        },
        {
          "word": "Wolfgang"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily)"
      ],
      "id": "en-wolf-goh-noun-qjtn9lqG",
      "links": [
        [
          "wolf",
          "wolf#English:_Q18498"
        ],
        [
          "Canis lupus",
          "Canis lupus#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "canine",
          "Caninae"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wolf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wolf"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "wolfbizzo"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wolfgang"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "wolf"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: wolf\nAlemannic German: wolf (Italian Walser)\nBavarian: Woif, Wolf\nCimbrian: bolf\nMòcheno: bolf\nUdinese: bolf, bölf\nGerman: Wolf\nHunsrik: Wollef\nLuxembourgish: Wollef\nPennsylvania German: Wolf\nVilamovian: wūf\nYiddish: וואָלף (volf)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: wolf\nAlemannic German: wolf (Italian Walser)\nBavarian: Woif, Wolf\nCimbrian: bolf\nMòcheno: bolf\nUdinese: bolf, bölf\nGerman: Wolf\nHunsrik: Wollef\nLuxembourgish: Wollef\nPennsylvania German: Wolf\nVilamovian: wūf\nYiddish: וואָלף (volf)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wulf"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wulf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wulfaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wulfaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wolfa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goh-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wolfu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "wolfa",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wolf m (plural wolfa)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "wolfa"
      },
      "expansion": "wolf m (plural wolfa)",
      "name": "goh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wolf"
      },
      "name": "goh-decl-noun-a-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old High German a-stem nouns",
        "Old High German countable nouns",
        "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old High German lemmas",
        "Old High German masculine nouns",
        "Old High German nouns",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "goh:Wolves"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily)"
      ],
      "links": [
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        ],
        [
          "Canis lupus",
          "Canis lupus#Translingual"
        ],
        [
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          "Caninae"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily)"
      ],
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        "countable",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wolf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wolf"
}

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