Wald
/valt/noun
A German word meaning "forest" or "wood."
Did you know?Wald is the everyday German descendant of a very old Germanic word for a forested wilderness, and it’s the same root that gave English the poetic word **wold** for open, elevated land.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*walþuz
“wood, forest, wilderness”
Old High German
OHG
wald
“forest, wooded region”
Middle High German
MHG
wald
“forest”
Modern German
German
Wald
“forest, wood”