landskommunsvapen

Swedish

Landskommunsvapen

Etymology

landskommun (“rural municipality”) +‎ -s- +‎ vapen (“arms”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /landskɔmʉːnsvɑːpɛn/

Noun

landskommunsvapen n

1. (heraldry) arms of a rural municipality

Usage notes

Nowadays, this term is mostly used in describing historical conditions, as the distinction between rural municipalities and cities has been abolished in Sweden and Finland. Originally, the distinction was however heraldically significant, as arms for rural municipalities are a significantly newer phenomenon than those of cities.

Declension

Declension of landskommunsvapen

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	landskommunsvapen	landskommunsvapens
	definite	landskommunsvapnet	landskommunsvapnets
plural	indefinite	landskommunsvapen	landskommunsvapens
	definite	landskommunsvapnen	landskommunsvapnens

Hypernyms

• kommunvapen

References

• Jesper Wasling (2021) Waslings heraldiska ordbok [Wasling’s Heraldic Dictionary] (in Swedish), Stockholm: Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC