Wild

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Wild (surname)

Proper noun[edit]

Wild

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

See also[edit]

Wyld

German[edit]

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Wild

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

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

(animals, hunting) game

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

“Wild” in Duden online

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