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Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
2. The wood of a particular species of tree.
3. A forested or wooded area.
4. Firewood.
5. A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
6. A woodwind instrument.
7. (slang) An erection of the penis.
8. (slang) Chess pieces.

Holz

Holz -es

Wood

Nutzholz

Spindel-Stab

Holz - s

Wald -es

Holzart

Naturwald

piece of wood

main part

stick of wood

edge of the forest

line of the forest

thicket of trees

fire-wood

fuel-wood

woodlet

rotten wood

Forrest

spl

a log

firestick

antler

dry fibrous rotten wood

a piece of wood

Frequenz

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/wʊd/

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”). Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish ved (“wood”), Swedish ved (“firewood”), Icelandic viður (“wood”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Irish fid (“tree”) and Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”); all from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forest”) (see English wold).