Celt
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Celt
A member of the Celts, a group of peoples from the Iron Age and antiquity who settled in large parts of Europe.
Die Ausstellung im Museum zeigte beeindruckende Artefakte der alten Kelten.
The exhibition in the museum showed impressive artifacts of the ancient Celts.
'Der Kelte' (the Celt) is an N-declension noun. This means it takes the ending '-n' in all cases except the nominative singular, e.g. 'dem Kelten' (to the Celt), 'den Kelten' (the Celt/Celts).
Die Römer kämpften oft gegen die Kelten.
The Romans often fought against the Celts.
The adjective for this noun is 'keltisch' (Celtic). It is used to describe culture, language, or objects connected with the Celts.
Ich interessiere mich sehr für keltische Musik und Mythologie.
I'm very interested in Celtic music and mythology.
The word is used almost exclusively in historical or cultural contexts. Typical words in this context are 'Stämme' (tribes), 'Eisenzeit' (Iron Age), 'Siedlungen' (settlements), and 'Kultur' (culture).
Archäologen haben eine alte Siedlung der Kelten entdeckt.
Archaeologists have discovered an old settlement of the Celts.
catfish / Welsh
'der Wels' and 'der Kelte' can be connected in a historical context, but they are not simply the same. 'Kelte' is the normal term for a member of the Celtic peoples. 'Wels' was an old term that Germanic peoples used for certain neighbors, at first also for Celts and later for Romance peoples. Today, 'Wels' is outdated in this meaning and can easily be misunderstood, because 'Wels' normally means a fish. In modern texts about history, 'Kelte' is usually clearer and more natural.
Im Museum erfährt Lisa, wie ein Kelte in der Eisenzeit gelebt haben könnte.
At the museum, Lisa learns how a Celt might have lived in the Iron Age.
In dem alten Text bezeichnet der Autor einen fremden Nachbarn als Wels.
In the old text, the author refers to a foreign neighbor as a Wels.