Wimpel

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvɪmpl̩]
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Noun

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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

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  • 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

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Hyponyms

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Descendants

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  • Russian: вы́мпел (výmpel)

Further reading

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