Wild

See also: wild

English

Proper noun

Wild

1. A surname from Middle English originally referring to a wild person, or for someone living in uncultivated land.

See also

• Wyld

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪlt/

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German wilt, from Old High German wild, from Proto-Germanic *wilþaz (z-stem), from the root of *wilþijaz (“wild”). Cognate with Dutch wild, Old English wildor.

Noun

Wild n (strong, genitive Wildes or Wilds, no plural)

1. (hunting, collective) game (huntable animals)
2. (cooking) game meat

Declension

Declension of Wild [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Wild
genitive	eines	des	Wildes, Wilds
dative	einem	dem	Wild, Wilde1
accusative	ein	das	Wild

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

• Damwild
• Freiwild
• Hochwild
• Jagdwild
• Niederwild
• Rotwild
• Schwarzwild

Derived terms

• Wildgehege
• Wildpark
• wildreich
• Wildwechsel

Etymology 2

From the adjective wild.

Proper noun

Wild m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Wilds or (with an article) Wild, plural Wilds or Wild)

1. a surname

Alternative forms

• Wilde, Wildt

Further reading

• “Wild” in Duden online