Waffe

Meaning

weapon, arm

Concepts

weapon

arm

arms

talon

gun

weaponry

ordinance

weapons

armament

swords

warfare

contradiction

incompatibility

opposition

artillery

cannon

ordnance

redshirt

instrument

missile

tool

equipment

gunnery

guns

military equipment

missiles

munition

means

Hyphenated as

Waf‧fe

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvafə/

Etymology

From Middle High German wāfen, from Old High German wāfan (compare Yiddish וואָפֿן (vofn)), from Proto-Germanic *wēpną. Akin to Dutch wapen, English weapon, Danish våben, Swedish vapen, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐍀𐌽 (wēpn). Doublet of Wappen (“coat of arms”), which is borrowed from Low German.

Sentences

Es wurde schon angesprochen , dass im Krieg Vergewaltigung als Waffe eingesetzt werden kann .

It has already been mentioned that rape can be used as a weapon of war.