Wall

See also: wall and wall-

English

Etymology 1

Of various origins, principally from Old English wælisc etc. ("non-Germanic speaker, stranger") from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner, stranger”), the source of numerous other surnames such as Walsh and Wales and from Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, rampart”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz or *wallą (“wall, rampart”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Also from transcribed foreign surnames such as German Wahl and Swedish Wahlberg.

Proper noun

Wall (countable and uncountable, plural Walls)

1. A surname.
2. A place in England:
   1. A village in Gwinear-Gwithian parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6036).
   2. A village and civil parish in south Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9169); part of Hadrian's Wall is in the parish.
   3. A village and civil parish in the City of Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0906).
3. A place in the United States:
   1. A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
   2. A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
   3. A town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
   4. An unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas.

Etymology 2

See wall.

Proper noun

the Wall

1. (history, slang) the Berlin Wall.
2. (slang) the Trump Wall.
3. (slang) the Great Wall of China.

Etymology 3

Calque of Mandarin 壁宿 (Bìxiù).

Proper noun

Wall

1. (astronomy) A Chinese constellation located near Pegasus and Andromeda, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wall is the 631^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 53,794 individuals. Wall is most common among White (86.10%) individuals.

See also

• Waal
• Wahl
• Wal
• Walle
• Whal

 

Anagrams

• lawl

German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Latin vallum. Cognate with English wall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /val/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -al

Noun

Wall m (strong, genitive Walles or Walls, plural Wälle)

1. (military) rampart, parapet, earthwork

   Synonym: Schanze

2. (engineering) levee, embankment

   Synonym: Damm

3. (geography) ridge

   Synonym: Kamm

Declension

Declension of Wall [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wall	die	Wälle
genitive	eines	des	Walles, Walls	der	Wälle
dative	einem	dem	Wall, Walle1	den	Wällen
accusative	einen	den	Wall	die	Wälle

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Befestigungswall, Ringwall, Schutzwall, Verteidigungswall

Further reading

• “Wall” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache