Welle

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German welle, from Old High German wella, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijā, from Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ (“wave, swirl”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, coil”). Cognate to Old English wealca (“billow”), Albanian valë (“wave”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛlə/ Homophone: Wälle === Noun === Welle f (genitive Welle, plural Wellen, diminutive Wellchen n) wave (of water) Synonym: Woge wave, curve, anything wave-shaped (e.g. hair) shaft (mechanical component) craze, fad (fashion, etc.) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== wellig wellenartig wellenförmig ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: fala→ Belarusian: хва́ля (xválja)→ Ukrainian: хви́ля (xvýlja) === Further reading === “Welle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Welle” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Welle”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Welle” in Duden online == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvelə/ Rhymes: -elə Syllabification: Wel‧le === Noun === Welle f plural of Well == Low German == === Alternative forms === Well === Etymology === From Middle Low German wel, *welle, from Old Saxon wella, walla, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijā (“spring, bubbling, welling, overflowing”). More at well. === Noun === Welle f (plural Wellen) (German Low German) A well; fountain; spring