Wunde

German

Etymology

From Old High German wunta, from Proto-Germanic *wundō (“a wound”), from *wundaz (“wounded”), from Proto-Indo-European *wan-, *awa(n)-. Compare Low German Wunn, Dutch wond, English wound, Icelandic und.

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Noun

Wunde f (genitive Wunde, plural Wunden)

  1. sore, wound
    1882 Amfortas! Die Wunde! Die Wunde! Sie brennt mir hier zur Seite! O, Klage! Klage! Furchtbare Klage! — Richard Wagner, Parsifal, Zweiter Aufzug.
    (Amfortas! The wound! The wound! It burns me here to the side! O, complaint! Complaint! Terrible complaint! — Richard Wagner, Parsifal, Act 2.)

Declension
Declension of Wunde
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Wunde die Wunden
genitive einer der Wunde der Wunden
dative einer der Wunde den Wunden
accusative eine die Wunde die Wunden

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