Waffe.
weapon, arm
Meaning & usage
weapon, arm
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German wāfen, from Old High German wāfan (compare Yiddish וואָפֿן (vofn)), from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną. Cognate with Dutch wapen, English weapon, Danish våben, Swedish vapen, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐍀𐌽 (wēpn). Doublet of Wappen (“coat of arms”), which is borrowed from Low German.
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