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Wolfram

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See also: wolfram and wólfram

Czech

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from German Wolfram.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Wolfram m anim (female equivalent Wolframová)

  1. a male surname from German

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Wolfram”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Austria):(file)

Etymology 1

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Uncertain. Compare Wulf (wolf) and Middle High German ram (dirty mark, soot). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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Wolfram n (strong, genitive Wolframs, no plural)

  1. tungsten
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Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

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Wolfram m (proper noun, strong, genitive Wolframs)

  1. a male given name

Proper noun

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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

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

Luxembourgish

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Chemical element
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Noun

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Wolfram ? (uncountable)

  1. tungsten