English-German translations for wail

• heulen
• jammern
  Anstatt unaufhörlich wie vor der Klagemauer zu jammern, sollten wir lieber endlich richtig in die Debatte einsteigen. Instead of moaning incessantly, as though we were at the Wailing Wall, we would be better advised to enter headlong into the debate.
  Herr Präsident, meine Damen und Herren! Ich will hier nicht in das Jammern über den Misserfolg von Bali einstimmen und auch sonst die Punkte auslassen, die bereits angesprochen wurden. Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I do not want right now to join in the weeping and wailing over the fiasco in Bali, and I also propose to leave out the points that have already been addressed.
• klagen
  Das lautlose Klagen bricht die Stille der St. Michael-Kirche in Gent, in der Ausstellung hinter dem Altar. The soundless wailing breaks the silence of St Michael’s church in Ghent, at the exhibition behind the altar.
• plärren
• Schmerzensschrei der
• Schrei der

Definition of wail

• To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish
• To make a noise like mourning or crying
• To lament; to bewail; to grieve over
• To perform with great liveliness and force
• A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
• Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl
• A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster

Examples

• The wind wailed and the rain streamed down.
• to wail ones death
• She let out a loud, doleful wail.
• The wail of snow-dark winter winds.
• A birds wail in the night.

Related words

• wailing
• wailer
• bewail
• Wailing Cisticola
• Wailing Wall
• weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth