Wölfin

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wülvinne, wulfinne, from Old High German *wulfinna, from Proto-West Germanic *wulfini. Equivalent to Wolf (“wolf”) +‎ -in. The modern -ö- from readaptation to the basic word. Displaced Middle High German wülpe and the hybrid form wülpinne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvœlfɪn/
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Noun

Wölfin f (genitive Wölfin, plural Wölfinnen)

  1. female equivalent of Wolf: she-wolf, wolfess
    Die Wölfin von Rom ― The She-Wolf of Rome
    • 1925–26, Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf:
      Jedes Tier paart sich nur mit einem Genossen der gleichen Art. Meise geht zu Meise, Fink zu Fink, der Storch zur Störchin, Feldmaus zu Feldmaus, Hausmaus zu Hausmaus, der Wolf zur Wölfin usw.
      Every animal only mates with a partner of the same species. Chickadee goes to chickadee, finch to finch, stork to stork, field mouse to field mouse, house mouse to house mouse, wolf to she-wolf, etc.

Declension

Declension of Wölfin [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Wölfin die Wölfinnen
genitive einer der Wölfin der Wölfinnen
dative einer der Wölfin den Wölfinnen
accusative eine die Wölfin die Wölfinnen

Further reading

  • “Wölfin” in Duden online
  • “Wölfin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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