wapen

Meaning

Noun

1. (neuter) weapon
2. (neuter) coat of arms
3. (neuter) a branch or division of the armed forces (e.g., army, navy, cavalry)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of wapenen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of wapenen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of wapenen:

wapenen

1. (transitive) to arm, to give weapons to
2. (transitive) to reinforce, to protect

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Concepts

weapon

arm

coat of arms

insignia

weaponry

badge

arms

gun

🔫

armament

blazon

hardware

instrument

means

military equipment

missile

missiles

munition

ordnance

tool

torse

weapons

redshirt

crest coronet

armory

armoury

artillery

blazonry

cannon

crest

equipment

gunnery

guns

Synonyms

wapenschild

blazoen

stamwapen

familiewapen

geweer

hakbijl

insigne

uitrusting

kapmes

wapens

artillerie

militaire uitrusting

bijl

🪓

boog

🙇

geschut

Translations

Waffe

arme

arma

arma

arma

Wappen

çek

👗

arma

sîleh

όπλο

arma

سلاح

silah

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʋaː.pə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: wâpen

Inherited from Old Dutch: wāpan

In summary

From Middle Dutch wâpen, from Old Dutch wāpan, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną.