Neuter

Wappen

Sentences
Frequency

C2
Dialects

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

wappe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

woope

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

woppe

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvapən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German wāpen (“weapon; coat of arms”), from Middle Low German wâpen (“weapon; coat of arms”). Doublet of Waffe (“weapon”), the High German form. The two forms were originally synonymous, but were semantically separated in early modern German.

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