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Wappen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German wāpen (“weapon; coat of arms”), from Middle Low German wâpen (“weapon; coat of arms”). Doublet of Waffe (“weapon”), the High German form. The two forms were originally synonymous, but were semantically separated in early modern German.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvapən/, [ˈvapən], [ˈvapm̩]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Wap‧pen

Noun

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Wappen n (strong, genitive Wappens, plural Wappen)

  1. (heraldry) coat of arms

Declension

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Declension of Wappen [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Wappen die Wappen
genitive eines des Wappens der Wappen
dative einem dem Wappen den Wappen
accusative ein das Wappen die Wappen

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “Wappen” in Duden online
  • “Wappen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)