landskommunsvapen

Swedish

Landskommunsvapen

Etymology

landskommun (“rural municipality”) +‎ -s- +‎ vapen (“arms”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /landskɔmʉːnsvɑːpɛn/

Noun

landskommunsvapen n

1. (heraldry) arms of a rural municipality

Usage notes

Nowadays, this term is mostly used in describing historical conditions, as the distinction between rural municipalities and cities has been abolished in Sweden and Finland. Originally, the distinction was however heraldically significant, as arms for rural municipalities are a significantly newer phenomenon than those of cities.

Declension

Declension of landskommunsvapen
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	landskommunsvapen	landskommunsvapnet	landskommunsvapen	landskommunsvapnen
Genitive	landskommunsvapens	landskommunsvapnets	landskommunsvapens	landskommunsvapnens

Hypernyms

• kommunvapen

References

• Jesper Wasling (2021) Waslings heraldiska ordbok [Wasling’s Heraldic Dictionary] (in Swedish), Stockholm: Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC