Welpe
German, noun/ˈvɛlpə/
Welpe is spelled W-E-L-P-E (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 31,999th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Welpe is a German masculine noun meaning “puppy (male or of unspecified gender) (young dog)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “junger Fuchs, Wolf oder Hund”.
What does Welpe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepuppy (male or of unspecified gender) (young dog)
Meine Hündin hat neulich sieben Welpen geworfen.
- 2
masculinecub (male or of unspecified gender) (young of several wild animals)
Ich habe gestern im Wald einen Fuchs mit seinen Welpen gesehen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. junger Fuchs, Wolf oder Hund
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 Welpe
- Welpen genitive
- Welpchen diminutive neuter
- Welplein diminutive neuter
- Welpin feminine rare
- Welf alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Welpe?
- /ˈvɛlpə/
- [ˈvɛlpə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Welpe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Welpe in German?
Welpe appears 1.3 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).