Wand
German, noun
Wand is spelled W-A-N-D (4 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written German, the 1,771st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wand is a German feminine noun meaning “wall, partition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, wand is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of winden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Seite oder Fläche, die irgendeinen Raum oder Hohlkörper begrenzt”.
What does Wand mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewall, partition
- 2
femininevertical face of a precipice, any large vertical surface
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of winden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Seite oder Fläche, die irgendeinen Raum oder Hohlkörper begrenzt 2. (einzelne) senkrechte, steile Fläche 3. ein senkrecht stehendes Bauteil, das einen Raum seitlich begrenzt, besonders die nach innen gewandte Fläche dieses Bauteils 4. aufragende Kante eines Gebildes, das den Himmel verdunkelt; Gewitterwand
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 Wand
- Wände plural
- Wänden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Wand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wand in German?
Wand appears 48 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).