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

Related terms

• wepsisch
• Wepsisch

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Weps

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