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wieland

/wˈilənd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables
wieland
IPA
/wˈilənd/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

German, Alemannic German, and Jewish surname, from Wieland, the German reflex of the legendary craftsman Wayland the Smith in Germanic folklore, from Old High German Wiolant, from Proto-Germanic *Wēlanduz.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, Wiolant, *Wēlanduz

Inflected Forms

Wielands (plural)

Homonyms

wheeland

Rhymes With

zealand leland freeland zeeland eland vreeland breeland kneeland nieland wheeland

Questions

How do you pronounce wieland?
The recorded pronunciation is /wˈilənd/.
What does wieland mean?
A surname.
Where does wieland come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce wieland

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