Kurzwaffe

German

Etymology

kurz (“short”) +‎ Waffe (“weapon”)

Noun

Kurzwaffe f (genitive Kurzwaffe, plural Kurzwaffen)

  1. A firearm with a barrel shorter than 30 cm, thus a handgun, a short machine pistol, or a very short rifle.
    Antonym: Langwaffe

Declension
Declension of Kurzwaffe [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kurzwaffe die Kurzwaffen
genitive einer der Kurzwaffe der Kurzwaffen
dative einer der Kurzwaffe den Kurzwaffen
accusative eine die Kurzwaffe die Kurzwaffen

Hypernyms

See also

Further reading
  • “Kurzwaffe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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