Wild

Wild

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

• Wyld

• IPA^(key): /vɪlt/

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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.

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

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

From the adjective wild.

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

1. a surname

• Wilde, Wildt

• “Wild” in Duden online