Noun: Wal
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Wal |
| Plural | Wale |
Definite
| Singular | der Wal |
| Plural | die Wale |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Wales; Wals |
| Plural | Wale |
Definite
| Singular | des Wales; Wals |
| Plural | der Wale |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Wal; Wale |
| Plural | Walen |
Definite
| Singular | dem Wal; Wale |
| Plural | den Walen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Wal |
| Plural | Wale |
Definite
| Singular | den Wal |
| Plural | die Wale |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like Wal
Kopiergerät,
Betriebswirt,
Einzelbetrieb,
Acker-Schachtelhalm,
Schmuckstein,
Schmuckstück,
Mundstück,
Antiquariat,
Türgriff,
Walross-Elfenbein,
Baustoff,
Baustein,
Dezernat,
Kohlenwasserstoff,
Gussteil,
Drehort,
Dreieck,
Gitarrenspiel,
Folgejahr,
Schigebiet, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. The root descends from Middle High German wal, from Old High German wal, from Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). Cognates include English whale, German Low German Waal, Icelandic hvalur, Danish hval, Swedish val.
2. Although the simplex root also existed in earlier historical stages of German, Grimm claims that the simplex had fallen out of used by Early New High German and was used exclusively in the compounds such as Walfisch and Narwal. The simplex later reappeared in the course of the 19th century, at first in the domain of scientific literature, as a back-formation from Walfisch. Compare also Dutch walvis, Low German Waalfisch. See: English Nouns '
whale', Icelandic Nouns '
hvalur', Danish Nouns '
hval', Swedish Nouns '
val', Dutch Nouns '
walvis'.
Verbs referencing "Wal"
English Nouns
whale, German Nouns
Wels.
Translations