wafen

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• wapen

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈwaːfən/

Noun

wāfen n

1. weapon

Declension

Declension of wāfen (neuter, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	wāfen	diu	wāfen
genitive	eines	dës	wāfens, wāfenes	dër	wāfen, wāfene
dative	eime	dëm	wāfen, wāfene	dën	wāfenen
accusative	ein	daȥ	wāfen	diu	wāfen

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Waaffe
• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Waff
  • Luxembourgish: Waff
• German: Waffe
  • → German Low German: Waffe
• Yiddish: וואָפֿן (vofn)