Wappentier

German

Etymology

Wappen (“coat of arms”) +‎ Tier (“animal”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvapənˌtiːɐ̯/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Wap‧pen‧tier

Noun

Wappentier n (strong, genitive Wappentieres or Wappentiers, plural Wappentiere)

(heraldry) heraldic animal (colloquially used)

Declension

Declension of Wappentier [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Wappentier	die	Wappentiere
genitive	eines	des	Wappentieres, Wappentiers	der	Wappentiere
dative	einem	dem	Wappentier, Wappentiere¹	den	Wappentieren
accusative	ein	das	Wappentier	die	Wappentiere

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

gemeine Figur
Wappenfigur
Wappenbild

Hyponyms

Wappenadler
Wappenlöwe

Holonyms

Wappenfeld
Wappenschild
Wappen

Related terms

Rautenwappen
Fabeltier

See also

Further reading

“Wappentier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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