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Gewehr

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German gewer, from Old High German giwerida, equivalent to ge- +‎ Wehr (“defense, resistance”), related to wehren. Cognate with Dutch geweer,[1] Hunsrik Geweher.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Gewehr n (strong, genitive Gewehres or Gewehrs, plural Gewehre)

  1. rifle, long gun
    Er packt sein Gewehr und geht auf die Jagd.
    He packs up his rifle and goes hunting (lit. "goes on the hunt").
    • 1931, Arno Pardun, “Volk, ans Gewehr”:
      ... Noch fließt uns deutsches Blut in den Adern / Volk, ans Gewehr! Volk, ans Gewehr!
      ... For there still flows German blood in our veins / People, to arms! People, to arms!
  2. (obsolete) weapon, especially a blunt, bladed or stabbing weapon
  3. (hunting, of a wild boar) tusks

Declension

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Declension of Gewehr [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Gewehr die Gewehre
genitive eines des Gewehres, Gewehrs der Gewehre
dative einem dem Gewehr, Gewehre1 den Gewehren
accusative ein das Gewehr die Gewehre

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Gewehr”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

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