Karabiner

See also: karabiner

German

Etymology

Ca. 1600, from French carabine +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁaˈbiːnɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ka‧ra‧bi‧ner

Noun

Karabiner m (strong, genitive Karabiners, plural Karabiner)

1. (firearms) carbine

   Der Karabiner 98k war das Standardgewehr der deutschen Infanterie im Zweiten Weltkrieg.

   The carbine 98k was the German infantry’s standard rifle during the Second World War.

2. Short for Karabinerhaken (“carabiner, kind of hook”).

   Beim Abseilen benutzt er Karabiner. ― He uses carabiners for abseiling.

Declension

Declension of Karabiner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Karabiner	die	Karabiner
genitive	eines	des	Karabiners	der	Karabiner
dative	einem	dem	Karabiner	den	Karabinern
accusative	einen	den	Karabiner	die	Karabiner

Related terms

• Karabinerhaken
• Karabinerverschluss
• Schnappkarabiner

Further reading

• Karabiner on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de