vilt

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

• IPA^(key): /vɪlt/

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• Hyphenation: vilt
• Rhymes: -ɪlt
• Homophone: Vilt

vilt n (uncountable, diminutive viltje n)

1. felt (animal hair/fibre)

From Old Dutch *filt, from Proto-West Germanic *felt.

vilt m

1. felt

• Dutch: vilt

• “vilt”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vilt”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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.

vilt

1. second-person singular present active indicative of vilja

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. indefinite neuter singular 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)

   Synonym: villebråd

• vilt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vilt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• vilt in Walter E. Harlock, Svensk-engelsk ordbok : skolupplaga (1964)