different between wels vs welk

English

Etymology

From German Wels, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)k?álos (“sheatfish”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ls

Noun

wels (plural wels)

1. The wels catfish (Silurus glanis)

Anagrams

• ESWL, lews, slew

Cornish

Noun

wels

1. Soft mutation of gwels.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?lk/

Etymology 1

From Middle English welken, probably from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch welken (Dutch welken) and Middle Low German welken. Cognate with German welken.

Verb

welk (third-person singular simple present welks, present participle welking, simple past and past participle welked)

1. (obsolete) Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
2. (obsolete) To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.
3. (dialectal) to soak, steep.
4. (dialectal) to thrash, beat severely.
5. To contract; to shorten.
6. (transitive) To form into wrinkles or ridges.

Etymology 2

Noun

welk (plural welks)

1. Alternative form of whelk

Anagrams

• kewl, lewk

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch welc, from Old Dutch *wilik, *welik, from Proto-Germanic *hwil?kaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lk/
• Hyphenation: welk
• Rhymes: -?lk

Determiner

welk

1. which (what, of those mentioned or implied)

Inflection

Pronoun

welk

1. (relative) which

Declension

Anagrams

• kwel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German [Term?]. Cognate with Hunsrik wellich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?lk/

Adjective

welk (comparative welker, superlative am welksten or am welkesten)

1. wilted, faded

Declension

Related terms

• welken
• verwelken

Further reading

• “welk” in Duden online

Middle English

Verb

welk

1. Alternative form of welken (“to dry out”)