Wimpel
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See also: wimpel
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz; compare Old English wimpel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]for the implied "die Wimpel, gen. der Wimpel, pl. die Wimpel". Hypothesis/Guess: If fem., then it's always pl. "die Wimpeln" ([https://books.google.com/books?id=YnmHiGj4X9cC&pg=RA1-PA370 Kunitsch], [https://books.google.com/books?id=V_ZSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA724 Campe]).Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
Wimpel m or n or f (strong or mixed, genitive Wimpels or Wimpel, plural Wimpel or Wimpeln)
Usage notes
[edit]- 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. With the feminine gender it is (der) Wimpel.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Wimpel [masculine // neuter // feminine, strong // mixed]
Hyponyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Russian: вы́мпел (výmpel)
Further reading
[edit]- “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
Categories:
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German mixed nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German neuter nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
- German feminine nouns
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