Wimpel

See also: wimpel

German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz; compare Old English wimpel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvɪmpl̩]
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Noun

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Wimpel m or n or f (strong or mixed, genitive Wimpels or Wimpel, plural Wimpel or Wimpeln)

a small, generally triangular flag; a pennant or pennon

Usage notes

Wimpel is one of a small number of German nouns which can or historically could have all three genders; see the appendix.
The masculine gender has always been the most common.
The choice of gender determines the noun's inflection: With masculine and neuter genders, the genitive form is (des) Wimpels. With the feminine gender it is (der) Wimpel.

Declension

Declension of Wimpel [masculine // neuter // feminine, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein, eine	der, das, die	Wimpel	die	Wimpel, Wimpeln
genitive	eines, einer	des, der	Wimpels, Wimpel	der	Wimpel, Wimpeln
dative	einem, einer	dem, der	Wimpel	den	Wimpeln
accusative	einen, ein, eine	den, das, die	Wimpel	die	Wimpel, Wimpeln

Hyponyms

Dienstwimpel

Related terms

Wimpeltausch

Descendants

→ Russian: вы́мпел (výmpel)