wesp – Dutch noun declension

Noun: wesp
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:

Sg.	wesp
Pl.	wespen

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like wesp

motiveering, Duitse herdershond, urilift, vervolmaking, elektrische spanning, ovenfriet, winteravond, weervrouw, besteding, bloemenveiling, vertakking, tintinofiel, synaps, olieraffinaderij, vliegtuigkaping, sawaslang, verzetting, afrondfout, druivenoogst, wintermaand, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From earlier Modern Dutch wespe, from Middle Dutch wespe, from Old Dutch *wespa, with metathesis from Proto-West Germanic *wapsu, from Proto-Germanic *wepsō-, from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“weave”).
2. Cognate with German Wespe, Low German Wösp, English wasp. See: German Nouns 'Wespe', English Nouns 'wasp'.

Verbs referencing "wesp"

German Nouns Wespe.

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