wappnen

German

Etymology

From Wappen, which now means only “coat of arms”, but originally also meant “weapon”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvapnən/
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  • Hyphenation: wapp‧nen

Verb

wappnen (weak, third-person singular present wappnet, past tense wappnete, past participle gewappnet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to prepare oneself, to arm oneself (for something)
  2. (dated) to arm

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “wappnen” in Duden online
  • “wappnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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