Wels

See also: wels

English

Proper noun

Wels

  1. A city in Wels-Land District, Upper Austria, Austria, south-west of Linz.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wels, from Old High German *wals, *walis, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaliʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). Cognate with German Low German Wels (“catfish”), Dutch wels (“catfish”), Old High German walira (“whale”), German Wal (“whale”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɛls/
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Noun

Wels m (strong, genitive Welses, plural Welse)

  1. wels catfish, Silurus glanis
  2. catfish, any fish of the order Siluriformes

Declension
Declension of Wels [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Wels die Welse
genitive eines des Welses der Welse
dative einem dem Wels, Welse1 den Welsen
accusative einen den Wels die Welse

1Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms
  • Europäischer Wels (Silurus glanis)
  • Flusswels m (Silurus glanis)

Derived terms
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