Wolfram

See also: wolfram and wólfram

Czech

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Wolfram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvolfram]

Proper noun

Wolfram m anim (female equivalent Wolframová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Wolfram (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Wolfram	Wolframové
genitive	Wolframa	Wolframů
dative	Wolframovi	Wolframům
accusative	Wolframa	Wolframy
vocative	Wolframe	Wolframové
locative	Wolframovi	Wolframech
instrumental	Wolframem	Wolframy

Further reading

• “Wolfram”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Etymology 1

Chemical element (edit)
W Atomic number 74 Wolfram
Classification data Period 6 Group 6 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← Tantal (Ta)
Next: Rhenium (Re) →

Uncertain. Compare Wulf (“wolf”) and Middle High German ram (“dirty mark, soot”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

Wolfram n (strong, genitive Wolframs, no plural)

1. tungsten

Declension

Declension of Wolfram [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Wolfram
genitive	eines	des	Wolframs
dative	einem	dem	Wolfram
accusative	ein	das	Wolfram

Coordinate terms

• (Chemical Element): Previous: Tantal. Next: Rhenium

Descendants

• → Dutch: wolfraam
  • → Indonesian: wolfram
• → English: wolfram
  • → Malay: wolfram
  • → Thai: วุลแฟรม (wun-frɛm)
• → Finnish: volframi
• → Greek: βολφράμιο (volfrámio)
• → Russian: вольфра́м (volʹfrám)
  • → Armenian: վոլֆրամ (volfram)
  • → Georgian: ვოლფრამი (volprami)
  • → Kazakh: вольфрам (volʹfram)
  • → Uyghur: ۋولفرام (wolfram)
  • → Uzbek: vol’fram

Etymology 2

From Old High German wolf (“wolf”) + hraban (“raven”).

Proper noun

Wolfram m (proper noun, strong, genitive Wolframs)

1. a male given name

Proper noun

Wolfram m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Wolframs or (with an article) Wolfram, feminine genitive Wolfram, plural Wolframs)

1. a surname transferred from the given name

Further reading

• “Wolfram” in Duden online
• “Wolfram”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Luxembourgish

Chemical element (edit)
W Atomic number 74 Wolfram
Classification data Period 6 Group 6 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← Tantal (Ta)
Next: Rhenium (Re) →

Noun

Wolfram ? (uncountable)

1. tungsten