Urwald
German, noun/ˈuːrˌvalt/
Urwald is spelled U-R-W-A-L-D (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urwald is a German masculine noun meaning “primeval forest, virgin forest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “natürlich gewachsener, ursprünglicher Wald, in dessen Bestand und intakter Ökologie keine massiven…”.
What does Urwald mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprimeval forest, virgin forest
- 2
masculinejungle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. natürlich gewachsener, ursprünglicher Wald, in dessen Bestand und intakter Ökologie keine massiven menschliche Eingriffe (etwa Forstwirtschaft, Brandrodung) erfolgt sind
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Urwald
- Urwaldes genitive
- Urwalds genitive
- Urwälder plural
- Urwalde dative singular
- Urwäldern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Urwald?
- /ˈuːrˌvalt/
- [ˈʔu(ː)ɐ̯ˌvalt]
- [ˈuːɐ̯ˌvalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Urwald
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Urwald in German?
Urwald appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).