Feminine

Rüstung

Meaning

  1. (feminine, uncountable, usually) armament (the act of acquiring or producing weapons)
  2. (feminine, uncountable) arms industry, ellipsis of Rüstungsindustrie
  3. (countable, feminine) suit of armour
  4. (feminine) scaffolding

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈrʏstʊŋ/
Etymology

16th century, from rüsten + -ung. Old High German had hrust (“armour”), but this was ousted in Middle High German by different lexemes such as panzier, harnasch. Old High German hrustunga is morphologically identical but had a general meaning of “installation, trappings” and remained without continuation.

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