Walm

German

Alternative forms
  • Walbe, Walben

Etymology

From Middle High German walbe, from Old High German walbo (“vault; vaulted roof”), from Proto-Germanic *hwalbô. Related to Old Norse hvalf, Old English hwealf.

Noun

Walm m (genitive Walms or Walmes, plural Walme)

  1. a bevelled roof, particularly if triangular and in a gable

Declension
Declension of Walm
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Walm die Walme
genitive eines des Walmes,
Walms		 der Walme
dative einem dem Walm,
Walme1		 den Walmen
accusative einen den Walm die Walme
1Now uncommon, see notes

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