Wigwam

See also: wigwam

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wigwam, from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪkvam/

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• Hyphenation: Wig‧wam

Noun

Wigwam m (strong, genitive Wigwams, plural Wigwams)

1. wigwam

Declension

Declension of Wigwam [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wigwam	die	Wigwams
genitive	eines	des	Wigwams	der	Wigwams
dative	einem	dem	Wigwam	den	Wigwams
accusative	einen	den	Wigwam	die	Wigwams

Hypernyms

• Zelt

See also

• Iglu
• Tipi
• Wetu
• Wickiup

References

• “Wigwam” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Wigwam” in Duden online