Welpe

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Form Middle High German welf, welfe, from Old High German hwelf, from Proto-West Germanic *hwelp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz. The consonantism in modern Welpe is from Middle Low German welp, from Old Saxon hwelp. Cognate to English whelp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛlpə/
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  • Hyphenation: Wel‧pe

Noun

Welpe m (weak, genitive Welpen, plural Welpen, diminutive Welpchen n or Welplein n, feminine (rare) Welpin)

  1. puppy (male or of unspecified gender) (young dog)
    Meine Hündin hat neulich sieben Welpen geworfen.
    My dog recently bore seven puppies.
  2. cub (male or of unspecified gender) (young of several wild animals)
    Ich habe gestern im Wald einen Fuchs mit seinen Welpen gesehen.
    Yesterday I saw a fox and its cubs in the forest.

Declension

Declension of Welpe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Welpe die Welpen
genitive eines des Welpen der Welpen
dative einem dem Welpen den Welpen
accusative einen den Welpen die Welpen

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Welpe” in Duden online
  • “Welpe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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