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 High German form. The two forms were originally synonymous, but were semantically separated in early modern German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvapən/, [ˈvapən], [ˈvapm̩]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Wap‧pen
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Wappen in Duden online
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