Wappen

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvapən/, [ˈvapən], [ˈvapm̩]
• Hyphenation: Wap‧pen

Noun

Wappen n (genitive Wappens, plural Wappen)

1. (heraldry) coat of arms

Declension

Declension of Wappen

	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

Derived terms

• wappnen

Further reading

• Wappen in Duden online