Walm

German

Alternative forms
  • Walbe, Walben

Etymology

From Middle High German walbe, from Old High German walbo (“vault; vaulted roof”), from Proto-Germanic *hwalbô. Related to Old Norse hvalf, Old English hwealf. See whelm.

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Noun

Walm m (strong, genitive Walmes or Walms, plural Walme)

  1. a bevelled roof, particularly if triangular and in a gable

Declension

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