vilt

From Middle Dutch vilt, from Old Dutch *filt, from Proto-Germanic *feltaz.

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• Rhymes: -ɪlt

vilt n (uncountable, diminutive viltje n)

1. felt (animal hair/fibre)

• vilten
• viltstift

From Old Dutch *filt, from Proto-Germanic *feltaz.

vilt m

1. felt

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• Dutch: vilt

• “vilt”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “vilt”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

vilt

1. neuter singular of vill

From Middle Low German wilt

vilt n (definite singular viltet, uncountable)

1. game (animals or birds hunted for sport or food)

• småvilt

• “vilt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪlt/

vilt

1. neuter singular of vill

From Middle Low German wilt

vilt n (definite singular viltet, uncountable)

1. game (animals or birds hunted for sport or food)

• småvilt

• “vilt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Used as a noun already in German Wild, Middle Low German and Old English, so it is not a noun created recently from the adjective vild. Used in Swedish as a noun since 1675, in definite form since 1745.

vilt

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of vild.

vilt

1. wildly, furiously, fiercely

   växa vilt

   grow wild

2. quite, totally, entirely

   vilt främmande människor

   entirely unknown people

vilt n

1. game (hunted animals), wildlife (animals in the wild)

• vilt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• vilt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• vilt in Walter E. Harlock, Svensk-engelsk ordbok : skolupplaga (1964)