Wappenschild
German, noun/ˈvapənˌʃɪlt/
Wappenschild is spelled W-A-P-P-E-N-S-C-H-I-L-D (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wappenschild is a German masculine noun meaning “heraldic shield, escutcheon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “stilisierter Schild, der verschiedene geometrische Muster (Heroldsbild) oder Figuren zeigt, als zentraler –…”.
What does Wappenschild mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterheraldic shield, escutcheon
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. stilisierter Schild, der verschiedene geometrische Muster (Heroldsbild) oder Figuren zeigt, als zentraler – manchmal auch einziger – Teil eines Wappens
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Wappenschild
- Wappenschildes genitive
- Wappenschilds genitive
- Wappenschilde plural
- Wappenschilden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wappenschild?
- /ˈvapənˌʃɪlt/
- [ˈvapn̩ˌʃɪlt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wappenschild
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wappenschild in German?
Wappenschild appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).