Walz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Walz.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /wɔːlz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /wɔlz/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /wɑlz/

• Audio (General American):

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• Homophones: walls, Walls

Proper noun

Walz (plural Walzes)

1. A surname.
   • 2024 October 2, Tara Suter, “Nate Silver suggests Walz was ‘sanewashing’ Vance”, in The Hill:

     Pollster Nate Silver suggested Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) was “sanewashing” his Republican rival, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), in Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Walz is the 4879^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7220 individuals. Walz is most common among White (95.14%) individuals.

See also

• Walls
• Waltz

 

German

Etymology

From walzen (“to wander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /valts/

• Audio:

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Noun

Walz f (genitive Walz, no plural)

1. journeyman years (time spent as a journeyman craftsman)

   Synonym: Wanderjahre

Declension

Declension of Walz [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Walz
genitive	einer	der	Walz
dative	einer	der	Walz
accusative	eine	die	Walz

Proper noun

Walz m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Walz' or (with an article) Walz, feminine genitive Walz, plural Walz or Walzes or Walzens)

1. a surname

Descendants

• → English: Walz

Further reading

• “Walz” in Duden online
• Wanderjahre on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de