Degen

Significado (Inglés)

1. (masculine, strong) rapier, smallsword
2. (masculine, strong) épée
3. (masculine, obsolete, strong) dagger

Conceptos

espada

estoque

florete

cazoleta

hurgón

claymore

Sinónimos

Säbel

Schwert

Seitengewehr

Stoßdegen

Fechtdegen

Rapier

Klinge

Recke

Schürhaken

Zwangslage

Langschwert

Bajonett

Fechtwaffe

Dolch

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Florett

Kasserolle

Katana

Kehle

Traducciones

spada

épée

degen

sword

epee

kılıç

espada

epe

rapière

rapier

side arms

ovipositor

service sword

dart

🎯

stinger

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈdeːɡən/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con checo: dýka

Cognado con francés: dague

Cognado con italiano: daga

Cognado con inglés: dagger

Tomado de alto alemán medio: dëgen

Cognado con neerlandés: degen

Cognado con inglés: thane

Cognado con islandés: þegn

Cognado con griego antiguo: τέκνον

In summary

Since ca. 1400, at first as degen, but also dege, dägen, tägen. Usually derived from Middle French dague, but the origin of the e-vocalism is unclear. An eastern dialectal *degue is possible, but apparently unattested, whereas Czech dýka is considered a borrowing from German. See French dague and Italian daga for more. Probably also related with the family of English dagger.
From the 17th century, the sense “dagger” is restricted to Dolch, while Degen comes to refer to longer weapons, especially thrust-oriented dueling swords. By the 18th century it was used of any sword worn as part of a uniform.