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See also: Wilde

English

Adjective

wilde

  1. Obsolete spelling of wild.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Adjective

wilde

  1. attributive form of wild

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From wild.

Adjective

wilde

  1. inflection of wild:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Noun

wilde m or f by sense (plural wilden, no diminutive)

  1. savage, uncivilized person
  2. brute
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • halve wilde
  • wildenhorde
  • wildenras
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: wilden (from the plural)

Etymology 2

Verb

wilde

  1. (dated or formal) singular past indicative/subjunctive of willen
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Noun

wilde f (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. alternative form of weelde

Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch wildi, a contraction of wilt gi (modern wilt gij).

Contraction

wilde

  1. (Brabant) contraction of wilt +‎ gij
Usage notes

The contraction is sometimes reinforced with an additional gij, giving wilde gij.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

wilde

  1. inflection of wild:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Middle Dutch

Verb

wilde

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative/subjunctive of willen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

wilde (plural and weak singular wilde, comparative wildere)

  1. Wild, undomesticated, untamed:
    1. Uncultured, primitive, or barbaric.
    2. Bestial, savage, or malicious.
  2. Unruly, undisciplined, impulsive:
    1. Emotionally heated; overtaken by emotion.
    2. Lustful, perverted.
  3. (of land) Uncultivated, unsettled:
    1. Unexplored or inaccessible.
    2. Deserted, lifeless.
  4. (of fire, sea or weather) Extreme, dangerous.
  5. (pathology, rare) Dangerous, pathological.
  6. (anatomy, rare) Exterior, outside (of bones)

Descendants

References

Noun

wilde (rare)

  1. An unsettled, chaotic, or unruly locality; the wild.
  2. (with at or to) Wildness, unruliness.

Descendants

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Cognate with Old Frisian wilde, Old Saxon wildi, Old High German wildi, Old Norse villr, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wilþeis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwil.de/, [ˈwiɫ.de]

Adjective

wilde

  1. wild, savage
    • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil‎:
      Hwæt ðā God ġeworhte ðurh his wunderlīċan mihte eall nȳtencynn on heora cynrynum, and ðā wildan dēor ðe on wudum eardiað, and eall ðæt fīðerfōte byð of ðǣre foresǣdan eorðan, and eall wyrmcynn ðā ðe crēopende bēoð, and ðā rēðan lēon, ðe hēr on lande ne bēoð, and ðā swiftan tigres, and ðā syllican pardes, and ðā eġeslīċan beran, and ðā ormǣtan ylpas.
      Then, through his wonderful might, God created all the kinds of animals according to their kinds, and the wild animals that dwell in the woods, and all the four-footed creatures of the aforementioned earth, and all the kinds of creeping reptiles, and the savage lions, which do not live here, and the swift tigers, and the marvelous leopards, and the fearful bears, and the huge elephants.

Declension

Declension of wilde — Strong
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Declension of wilde — Weak
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