Wepse

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Wepse m (weak, genitive Wepsen, plural Wepsen, feminine Wepsin)

  1. Veps (man of Veps origin)

Declension

Declension of Wepse [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Wepse die Wepsen
genitive eines des Wepsen der Wepsen
dative einem dem Wepsen den Wepsen
accusative einen den Wepsen die Wepsen

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German wespe, wopse, wispe, from Old Saxon wespa, waspa, wepsia (“wasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *wapsu, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“weave”) (referring to the insect's woven nests).

Noun

Wepse f (plural Wepsen)

  1. wasp
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