# Wand
## English
### Etymology

Various origins:
* A nickname for a shy or short-sighted person, from Old English wand (“mole”).
* Borrowed from German Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a weaver or cloth cutter, from Middle High German gewant (“cloth, garment”) (representing modern Gewand (“garment”)).
* Borrowed from Dutch Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a glove maker, from Middle Dutch want (“glove”).

### Proper noun

Wand (plural Wands)
* A surname.

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Wand is the 28049th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 854 individuals. Wand is most common among White (84.19%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wand”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

### Anagrams

* Dawn, Dwan, dawn

## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* Wank (Ripuarian, now chiefly western dialects)

### Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German *wand, northern variant of want. For the phonetic development compare Hand.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋant/

### Noun

Wand f (plural Wänn or Wäng, diminutive Wändche)
* (many dialects) wall

#### Usage notes

* The plural Wänn is used in Moselle Franconian and some southern dialects of Ripuarian. The form Wäng is used in many Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch.

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German want, from Old High German want, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“weave; wickerwork; plait; fence, wall”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn; bend; wind; twist; braid; weave”). Cognate with English wand although developing a completely distinct meaning.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vant/, [vant], [ʋant]
* Rhymes: -ant
* Audio (Germany):(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)

### Noun

Wand f (genitive Wand, plural Wände)
* wall, partition
* vertical face of a precipice, any large vertical surface

#### Usage notes

* The words Wand and Mauer are often but not always interchangeable. Even when they are synonymous, there is sometimes a preference for one of them:
   * Wand is predominant for walls that are not made of stone, concrete, or the like. Mauer usually implies masonry.
   * With stone walls, only Mauer is commonly used for freestanding ones.
   * Both words are used for the walls of buildings. However, Wand is the normal choice for when one refers to them as seen from the inside (for example, a painting is typically said to hang an der Wand, "on the wall", rather than an der Mauer).

#### Derived terms

* Außenwand
* Bergwand
* Felswand
* Gewitterwand
* Hauswand
* Leinwand
* Magenwand
* Pinnwand
* Plakatwand
* Trennwand
* Wandbehang
* Wandfarbe
* Wandgemälde
* Wandteppich
* Zimmerwand

#### Related terms

* Wanze

### Further reading

* “Wand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Wand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Wand” in Duden online
* Wand on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German want.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vant/

### Noun

Wand f (plural Wend)
* wall

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vant/, [vɑnt]
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

### Etymology 1

From Middle High German and Old High German wint.

#### Noun

Wand m (plural Wënn or Wanden)
* wind

##### Derived terms

* Wandmillen

### Etymology 2

From Middle High German and Old High German want.

#### Noun

Wand f (plural Wänn)
* (interior) wall

##### Derived terms

* Wandauer
* Wandschaf
* Wandteppech

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German want. Compare German Wand, Dutch wand, English wand.

### Noun

Wand f (plural Wend)
* interior wall