Wallach

English

Noun

Wallach (plural Wallachs)

1. (archaic) A Wallachian.

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German wallache, borrowed in Prussia/Baltics from older Russian волох (volox), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz. Compare Polish wałach, which is also a borrowing from East Slavic. The Slavic word means “Romance speaker”, especially one of Romania, i.e. a Wallachian or Vlach. Wallachian herdsmen are credited with having invented a new form of castration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvalaχ/

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Noun

Wallach m (strong, genitive Wallaches or Wallachs, plural Wallache)

1. gelding (castrated male horse)

Declension

Declension of Wallach [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wallach	die	Wallache
genitive	eines	des	Wallaches, Wallachs	der	Wallache
dative	einem	dem	Wallach, Wallache1	den	Wallachen
accusative	einen	den	Wallach	die	Wallache

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Walache
• Walachei
• Wales
• welsch

Descendants

• → Swedish: valack
  • → Finnish: valakka

See also

• Hengst

Further reading

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