Contionary:wulchrom

Niemish

Chémisk thimìlliths
183 W chróm 74
Fórg: tantál (Rh) Èchtom: rhénj (Rh)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwulxrɔm/

Etymology

From wúlch + róm ("wolf-cream"), calqued from German Wolfram. A folk analysis as *wúl-chróm ("wool-chrome") leads some speakers to decline as a soft stem noun modelled after chróm ("chromium").

Noun

⁰ wúlchròm n.m. hard stem

1. (uncountable) tungsten

Declension

declension of wúlchròm (mh declension, uncountable)
	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	wúlchròm	wúlchròman
genitive	wúlchròms	wúlchròmes
dative	wúlchròm	wúlchròmum

non-standard declension of wúlchròm (ms declension, uncountable)
	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	wúlchròm	wúlchròmian
genitive	wúlchròms	wúlchròmes
dative	wúlchròm	wúlchròmium