| 2001. | Waisduum | ['waɪsduːm] (Waisdumes) (Weisheit) wisdom =OE wísdóm |
| 2002. | Waise | ['waɪzə] (Waisen) (Weise) way, manner, fashion, mode, wise =OE wíse |
| 2003. | wait | [waɪt] (weiß) white =OE hwít |
| 2004. | Waite | ['waɪtə] (Waites, Waite) (Strafe) punishment, torment; penalty; fine =OE wíte |
| 2005. | Waitege | ['waɪteːɡə] (Waitegen) (Prophet, Weissager) prophet, seer =OE wítega |
| 2006. | Waitel | [ˈwaɪtəl] (Waiteles) (Decke) blanket =OE hwítel |
| 2007. | waken | ['waːkən] (wakest, wakeþ, wakede, jewaked) (wachen) to be/stay awake; to keep watch, be on guard =OE wacian |
| 2008. | Wal | [wal] the slain, the dead =OE wæl |
| 2009. | Wald | [walt] (Waldes) (Wald) forest, wood, wooded country =OE weald |
| 2010. | Wall | [wal] (Walles) (Mauer, Wall) wall (masonry) =OE weall |
| 2011. | walruw | ['walʁuː] (grausam) cruel, barbarous, bloodthirsty =OE wælhréow |
| 2012. | wanen | ['waːnən] (woher, von wannen) whence, from where =OE hwanan |
| 2013. | Wang | [waŋ] (Wanges) (Backe, Wange) cheek =OE wang |
| 2014. | wann | [wan] (subor.) (wann, wenn) when, whenever =OE hwanne |
| 2015. | Wapitihert | [wa'piːtihɛɐt] (Wapitihertes) (Wapiti) American elk =Wapiti + Hert, calque NL wapitihert |
| 2016. | Ward | [waɐt] (Wardes) (Wache, Wachposten) guard, warder, watchman, watch, sentinel, sentry =OE weard |
| 2017. | warm | [waɐm] (warm) warm =OE wearm |
| 2018. | warnen | ['waɐnən] (warneþ, warnede, jewarned) (hüten, warnen) to beware, take heed, be on guard; to warn =OE warnian |
| 2019. | Warnung | ['waɐnʊŋ] (Warnunge) (Warnung, Achtung) warning =OE warnung |
| 2020. | waschen | ['waʃən] (waschþ, wuusch, jewaschen) (waschen) to wash; to pan; to launder =OE wæscan |
