# Wind
## English
### Etymology

* As an English surname, from wind (both senses). This surname also appears in Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and German with the same senses, such as Wint. Compare De Wind.
* Also as a German surname, variant of Wendt.

### Proper noun

Wind
* A surname

## Bavarian
### Etymology

From Middle High German wint, from Old High German wint, from Proto-West Germanic *wind. Cognates include German Wind and Luxembourgish Wand.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvind̥/, /ˈβind̥/
* Hyphenation: Wind

### Noun

Wind m (plural Wind)
* wind
** 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Impression im März:Zårte Blatterl schiaßen aus die Zweigel, und Papierln ziagn im Fruahjåhrswind.Tender leaves shoot up from the grape, and the papers move in the spring wind.
* fart
    Synonyms: Schas, Schoaß
* (Vienna) bragging
* (Vienna) upset, disturbance
    Kumm, moch kan Wind! ― Come on, don't get upset!

### References

* Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “Wind”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German wint, from Old High German wint, from Proto-West Germanic *wind. Compare Dutch wind, English wind, Danish vind, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɪnt/
* Rhymes: -ɪnt
* Audio (Germany):(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)

### Noun

Wind m (strong, genitive Windes or Winds, plural Winde, diminutive Windchen n)
* wind; the movement of air usually caused by convection or differences of air pressure

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Hyponyms

* Fahrtwind
* Fahrwind
* Gegenwind
* Rückenwind

#### Derived terms

* Fahrtwind
* Fahrwind
* Gegenwind
* Rückenwind
* von etwas Wind bekommen
* Windbeutel
* Windböe
* Windfahne
* Windhose
* windig
* windlos
* Windmühle
* Windrad
* Windrichtung
* Windrose
* Windsack
* Windsbraut
* Windschatten
* Windschutz
* Windstille
* Windstoß

### Further reading

* “Wind” in Duden online
* “Wind” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Wind”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

## German Low German
### Etymology

From Middle Low German wint, from Old Saxon wind, from Proto-West Germanic *wind. Compare German Wind, Dutch wind, English wind, Danish vind, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɪnt/

### Noun

Wind m (plural Winn or Winnen)
* wind; the movement of air usually caused by convection or differences of air pressure

#### Derived terms

* Fohrtwind
* Fohrwind
* Gegenwind

## Hunsrik
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vint/
* Rhymes: -int
* Hyphenation: Wind

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle High German wint, from Old High German wint, from Proto-West Germanic *wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts.
Cognate with German Wind and Luxembourgish Wand.

#### Noun

Wind m (plural Wind)
* wind (movement of air)

##### Derived terms

* Winddrille
* windich
* Windmihl

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle High German winden, from Old High German windan, from Proto-West Germanic *windan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-.
Cognate with German winden and German wënnen.

#### Noun

Wind f (plural Winne)
* (engineering) pulley

### References

* 1 2 Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Wind”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 176