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Bavarian
Etymology
From Middle High German wolken, from Old High German wolkan, from Proto-West Germanic *wolkn, from Proto-Germanic *wulkną, from Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“moist; wet”). Cognates include German Wolke, Dutch wolk, English welkin, Proto-Slavic *volga, Albanian ulmej (“to wet, dampen”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Woikn f (plural Woikn, diminutive Woikerl) (Central Bavarian)
- cloud (a visible mass of condensed water droplets in the air)
- cloud (made of steam, ash, smoke or anything that resembles such a mass)
- nebula (enormous masses of interstellar dust and hydrogen in outerspace (may also be Nebl/Newö in this sense))
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