Wodan

== Dutch == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old High German Wōdan, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Old English and Old Saxon Woden, German Wotan, and Old Norse Óðinn. The native Dutch Woen is rare (and not inherited) as a simplex, but was preserved through inheritance in compounds, such as woensdag and toponyms like Woensdrecht. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋoː.dɑn/ Hyphenation: Wo‧dan === Proper noun === Wodan m the Germanic chief god; Wotan, Odin or Woden Synonyms: Odin, Woen ==== Derived terms ==== Wodansbaard, wodansbaard Wodansdag wodankies Wodanskruid, wodanskruid Wodansvogel ==== Related terms ==== woensdag == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvoːdaːn/ === Proper noun === Wodan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Wodans) alternative form of Wotan == Old High German == === Alternative forms === ᚹᛟᛞᚨᚾ (wodan), Uuodan, Wuotan === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *Wōdan, from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. Cognate with Old English Wōden, Lombardic Godan, Old Norse Óðinn. === Proper noun === Wōdan m The supreme deity of the Germanic pantheon, corresponding to the Scandinavian god Odin ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: Wodan (learned) → German: Wotan, Wodan, Wuodan, Wuotan (learned)→ English: Wotan → Latin: Vōdanus ==== References ==== Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “Wodan*”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 6th edition