Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waldgrave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wald-grave
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The head forestkeeper, or nobleman who held some power in forested areas, in the Holy Roman Empire, now Germany.

Etymology

From German Waldgraf. See wald and margrave.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Waldgraf

Inflected Forms

waldgraves (plural)

Questions

What does waldgrave mean?: The head forestkeeper, or nobleman who held some power in forested areas, in the Holy Roman Empire, now Germany.
Where does waldgrave come from?: It is traced to German.

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