Wimpel

See also: wimpel

German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz; compare Old English wimpel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪmpl̩]

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Noun

Wimpel m or n or f (strong or mixed, genitive Wimpels or Wimpel, plural Wimpel or Wimpeln)

1. a small, generally triangular flag; a pennant or pennon

Usage notes

• Wimpel is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix.
• The masculine gender has always been the most common.
• The choice of gender determines the noun's inflection: With masculine and neuter genders, the genitive form is (des) Wimpels and the plural (die) Wimpel. With the feminine gender the genitive is (der) Wimpel and the plural (die) Wimpeln.

Declension

Declension of Wimpel [masculine // neuter // feminine, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein, eine	der, das, die	Wimpel	die	Wimpel, Wimpeln
genitive	eines, einer	des, der	Wimpels, Wimpel	der	Wimpel, Wimpeln
dative	einem, einer	dem, der	Wimpel	den	Wimpeln
accusative	einen, ein, eine	den, das, die	Wimpel	die	Wimpel, Wimpeln

Hyponyms

• Dienstwimpel

Related terms

• Wimpeltausch

Descendants

• → Russian: вы́мпел (výmpel)

Further reading

• “Wimpel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Wimpel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Wimpel” in Duden online