Wolfram

See also: wolfram and wólfram

German

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Noun

Wolfram n (strong, genitive Wolframs, no plural)

1. tungsten

Declension

Declension of Wolfram [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Wolfram
genitive	eines	des	Wolframs
dative	einem	dem	Wolfram
accusative	ein	das	Wolfram

Coordinate terms

• (Chemical Element): Previous: Tantal. Next: Rhenium

Descendants

• → Dutch: wolfraam
  • → Indonesian: wolfram
• → English: wolfram
  • → Malay: wolfram
• → Russian: вольфра́м (volʹfrám)
  • → Armenian: վոլֆրամ (volfram)
  • → Georgian: ვოლფრამი (volprami)
  • → Kazakh: вольфрам (volfram)

Etymology 2

From Old High German wolf (“wolf”) + hraban (“raven”).

Proper noun

Wolfram m (proper noun, strong, genitive Wolframs)

1. a male given name

Proper noun

Wolfram m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Wolframs or (with an article) Wolfram, feminine genitive Wolfram, plural Wolframs)

1. a surname transferred from the given name

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Chemical element
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Previous: Tantal (Ta)
Next: Rhenium (Re)

Noun

Wolfram ? (uncountable)

1. tungsten