English words from German
- wall-peckerA person who participated in bringing down the Berlin Wall in November 1989.
- WalpurgisnachtWalpurgis night, a feast of witchcraft in German folklore; any orgiastic or bacchanalian party.
- Walpurgis nightWalpurgisnacht ("Walpurga's night"), a feast of witchcraft in German folklore, observed on 30 April.
- WalrodA surname from German.
- WaltermireA surname from German.
- wanderjahrA year-long period of travel, especially following one’s education and prior to seeking employment.
- WanderseeA surname from German [in turn from Dutch].
- wanderstarA wandering star or other similar heavenly body; a comet; meteor; planet.
- wanderwordSynonym of Wanderwort (“a loanword that has spread to many different languages, often through trade or the adoption of foreign cultural practices”).
- wanderwortA loanword that has spread to many different languages, often through trade or the adoption of foreign cultural practices.
- WannemacherA surname from German.
- WantzA surname from German.
- WarmbierA surname from German.
- WashabaughA surname from German.
- WassmerA surname from German.
- water bearA member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.
- wave modelA model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin.
- wave theorySynonym of wave model (“a model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin”).
- weak verbOne of a class of verbs which use a dental suffix appended to the stem to indicate the past tense.
- WeatherholtzA surname from German.
- WeckerlyA surname from German.
- WeckesserA surname from German.
- wedelnA series of high-speed turns with the skis parallel.
- WedigA surname from German.
- weersA surname.
- WehmerA surname from German.
- WeichelA surname from German.
- WeichselbaumA surname from German.
- WeichselstadtThe city Weichselstädt (now called Aleksandrów Kujawski) near Thorn/Torun.
- weichselwoodThe wood of the sour cherry.
- WeidelA surname from German.
- WeidenbachA surname from German.
- WeigoldA surname from German.
- Weimar RepublicThe democratic regime of Germany from 1919 to 1933, when it was abolished by the Nazis.
- WeinandA surname from German.
- WeinsbergA town in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- WeisenthalA surname from German.
- weissburgunderA dry white wine from Germany and Austria
- weisswurstAny of several mildly spiced sausages made with light-colored meat such as pork and veal.
- WellbrockA surname from German.
- WellentheorieSynonym of wave model (“a model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin”).
- well-temperedgood-humoured, pleasant, having an even temperament
- WelshlandThe land of foreigners; a foreign land, originally applied to Celtic lands, but later extended to include Roman and Romance-speaking areas.
- WeltansichtThe general attitude toward life and reality that an individual or character demonstrates.
- WeltbildA theoretical understanding of the world and how it operates.
- WeltpolitikThe aggressive foreign policy of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany beginning in 1891.
- weltschmerzAn apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world; mal du siècle, world-weariness.
- WemdingA town in western Bavaria, Germany.
- WemhoffA surname from German.
- WenceA surname from German.
- WenckA surname from German.
- WendelsdorfA surname from German.
- WendorffA surname from German.
- WenzlA surname from German.
- WernetteA surname from German.
- WerreA surname from German.
- WerschingA surname.
- wertrationalPursued because of reasons or motives intrinsic to the actor.
- wertrationalitätRationality in accordance with moral demands instead of organizational and technical demands.
- WertzbergerA surname from German.
- WesemanA surname from German.
- WesenbergA surname from German.
- West Central GermanOne of two major subgroups of the Central German dialects; spoken primarily in the German states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, and North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as Luxembourg, easternmost Belgium, and southeasternmost Limburg (Netherlands); characterized by the preservation of pre-Old High German initial *p-.
- WestenbergerA surname from German.
- WestfalishSynonym of Westphalian (dialect group)
- West GermanyA former country in Central Europe, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany.
- Westmünsterländischthe Low German dialect of the Westmünsterland
- WestrupA surname.
- westworkThe vaulted monumental structure at the western end of a church constructed in some medieval styles, flanked by two towers and containing the entrance.
- wet behind the earsInexperienced; just beginning; immature (especially in judgment).
- WetliA surname from German.
- WetzA surname from German.
- what doesn't kill you makes you strongerHardship builds moral character.
- what givesWhat is wrong? Why is this happening?
- WhetstineA surname from German.
- WhisnerA surname from German.
- WhitenightA surname from German.
- WhitmoyerA surname from German.
- WhitselA surname from German.
- wholecarA piece of graffiti that covers an entire train carriage.
- whole noteA semibreve, a musical note four beats long in 4/4 time.
- wholetrainA piece of graffiti that covers an entire train.
- WidhalmA surname from German.
- WidrickA surname from German.
- WiebergA surname from German.
- WiebuschA surname from German.
- WiechertA surname from German.
- WiedelA surname from German.
- WieheA surname from German.
- WiemersA surname from German.
- Wiener NeustadtA city south of Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria.
- wiener schnitzelA veal cutlet dipped into flour, egg and breadcrumbs, then fried.
- wienerwurstVienna sausage
- WiermanA surname from German.
- wiersA surname.
- WiesemannA surname from German.
- WietheA surname from German.
- WigalA surname from German.
- WikleA surname from German.
- Wild HuntA spectral hunting party of riders and hounds, often led by a supernatural huntsman, that sweeps noisily through the sky or countryside at night or during storms, especially in winter; traditionally lacking a visible quarry and regarded as an omen of death or disaster.