Wolke
German (Berlin)
/ˈvɔlkə/
noun
Definitions
- cloud, a visible mass of condensed water droplets in the air
- cloud, made of steam, ash, smoke or anything that resembles such a mass (may also be Schwaden or Schwade in this sense)
- nebula, enormous masses of interstellar dust and hydrogen in outerspace (may also be Nebel in this sense)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wolken inherited from Old High German wolkan inherited from Proto-Germanic *wulkaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *welg- (wet, damp, humid, moist).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*welg-
Gloss
wet, damp, humid, moist
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- banner cloud English
- becloud English
- cloud English
- cloud-ridden English
- cloudage English
- cloudberry English
- cloudburst English
- cloudbust English
- cloudbuster English
- cloudbusting English
- cloudcapt English
- clouden English
- clouder English
- cloudery English
- cloudest English
- cloudeth English
- cloudform English
- cloudfree English
- cloudful English
- cloudification English
- cloudify English
- cloudish English
- cloudland English
- cloudless English
- cloudlet English
- cloudlike English
- cloudline English
- cloudling English
- cloudly English
- cloudogram English
- cloudscape English
- cloudscraper English
- cloudseed English
- cloudspotter English
- cloudspotting English
- cloudtop English
- cloudwash English
- cloudwashed English
- cloudwise English
- cloudy English
- discloud English
- dustcloud English
- encloud English
- intercloud English
- intracloud English
- overcloud English
- raincloud English
- stormcloud English
- subcloud English
- supercloud English
- thundercloud English
- uncloud English
- welkin English
- -n- German
- Asche German
- Aschewolke German
- Bildung German
- Bruch German
- Cloud German
- Decke German
- Gas German
- Gaswolke German
- Gewölk German
- Pilz German
- Pilzwolke German
- Rauch German
- Rauchwolke German
- Regen German
- Regenwolke German
- Staub German
- Staubwolke German
- Wolkenbildung German
- Wolkenbruch German
- Wolkendecke German
- Wolkenkratzer German
- bewölken German
- kratzen German
- wolkenfrei German
- wolkenlos German
- wolkig German
- wölken German
- bubbelwolk Dutch, Flemish
- donderwolk Dutch, Flemish
- onweerswolk Dutch, Flemish
- regenwolk Dutch, Flemish
- rookwolk Dutch, Flemish
- stofwolk Dutch, Flemish
- wolk Dutch, Flemish
- wolkbreuk Dutch, Flemish
- wolkeloos Dutch, Flemish
- wolkendek Dutch, Flemish
- wolkenkrabber Dutch, Flemish
- волога Russian
- *welg- Proto-Indo-European
- *wulkaną Proto-Germanic
- wolcnu Old English
- cloud Middle English
- welken Middle English
- *volga Proto-Slavic
- *vьlga Proto-Slavic
- vlaga Serbo-Croatian
- влага Serbo-Croatian
- wolke Middle Dutch
- wolkan Old High German
- valgans Latvian
- valgme Latvian
- valgs Latvian
- valgums Latvian
- wolk Afrikaans
- влага Bulgarian
- wolke Middle High German
- wolken Middle High German
- Reewollek Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Wollek Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Wollekekrazert Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- wollekeg Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ulmej Albanian
- vlagë Albanian
- וואָלקן Yiddish
- *wolk- Proto-Celtic
- влага Macedonian
- vlaha Slovak
- Wulche Alemannic German
- 클라우드 Korean
- влага Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- волога Old East Slavic
- *(u)la-n-g- Proto-Albanian
- *ulg(a)ma Proto-Albanian
- bolkh Mòcheno
- wolku Sranan Tongo
- *walg- bat-pro