Polyglot Dictionary

Waffe

/ˈvafə/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Military Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Waffen

Meaning

  1. weapon

    • Die Polizei fand eine Waffe im Auto.

      The police found a weapon in the car.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

arme

arme is the French word for the same thing — both mean "weapon."

Portuguese

arma

arma is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "weapon."

Practice

1 What does Waffe mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Polizei fand eine ___ im Auto.

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