Wends

E366159
collective term exonym historical ethnonym

Wends is a historical collective term used in Germanic languages for various West Slavic peoples living near German-speaking regions, especially along the southern Baltic coast and in eastern Germany.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Wends canonical 4
Obotrites 3
Polabians 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collective term ⓘ
exonym ⓘ
historical ethnonym ⓘ
appliedTo Sorbian people ⓘ
surface form: Lusatian Sorbs

Wends self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Obotrites

Wends self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Polabian Slavs

Rani ⓘ
Veleti ⓘ
associatedReligion Slavic paganism ⓘ
associatedWith Baltic Sea trade routes ⓘ
Slavic-German contact zone ⓘ
category Exonyms for ethnic groups ⓘ
Historical ethnic groups in Europe ⓘ
West Slavs ⓘ
surface form: West Slavic peoples
contrastedWith Germanic peoples ⓘ
Germans ⓘ
culturalSphere Slavic culture ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo Latin Venedi ⓘ
Veneti ⓘ
historicalRegion Brandenburg ⓘ
Lusatia ⓘ
Mecklenburg ⓘ
Pomerania ⓘ
eastern Germany ⓘ
southern Baltic coast ⓘ
involvedIn German eastward expansion ⓘ
Ostsiedlung ⓘ
languageFamilyOfGroups West Slavs ⓘ
surface form: West Slavic
laterAssociatedReligion Christianity ⓘ
mentionedIn Scandinavian sagas ⓘ
medieval German chronicles ⓘ
modernUsage largely historical term ⓘ
sometimes used for Sorbs in Germany ⓘ
neighboringGroups Danes ⓘ
Saxons ⓘ
Swedes ⓘ
opposedBy German Christian missionaries ⓘ
refersTo West Slavic peoples ⓘ
relatedEthnonym Wends self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Polabians

Pomeranians ⓘ
Sorbs ⓘ
subjectOf Papal Crusade ⓘ
surface form: Wendish Crusade
timePeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
High Middle Ages ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
usedBy German speakers ⓘ
Scandinavian speakers ⓘ
usedIn Germanic languages ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sorbs → exonym → Wends ⓘ
Kashubians → relatedEthnicGroup → Wends ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polabians
Wagria → historicalInhabitants → Wends ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wagrians
Wagria → namedAfter → Wends ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wagrians
Spreewald → hasEthnicGroup → Wends ⓘ
Sorbian people → exonym → Wends ⓘ
Lechitic languages → historicalEthnicGroup → Wends ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lechites
Polabian language → ethnicGroup → Wends ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polabian Slavs
Polabian language → ethnicGroup → Wends ⓘ
Obotrite tribal federation → ethnicComposition → Wends ⓘ
this entity surface form: Obotrites
Obotrite tribal federation → hasTribe → Wends ⓘ
this entity surface form: Obotrites
Obotrite tribal federation → hasTribe → Wends ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wagrians
Obotrite tribal federation → hasTribe → Wends ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polabians
Wends → appliedTo → Wends self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polabian Slavs
Wends → appliedTo → Wends self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Obotrites
Wends → relatedEthnonym → Wends self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polabians