Etymology

Grindelwald

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Today it means: A village and municipality in Bern canton, Switzerland. Full definition →

Middle High German grintel ← Old High German grintil
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  1. Old High German · derived fromgrintil“bar, bolt”
  2. Middle High German · derived fromgrintel
  3. English todayGrindelwald

From Alemannic German, probably corresponding to Grindel (from Middle High German grintel, from Old High German grintil (“bar, bolt”)) + Wald (“forest”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.