Rüstung

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German

Etymology

16th century, from rüsten +‎ -ung. Old High German had hrust (“armour”), but this was ousted in Middle High German by different lexemes such as panzier, harnasch. Old High German hrustunga is morphologically identical but had a general meaning of “installation, trappings” and remained without continuation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrʏstʊŋ/, ,
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Noun

Rüstung f (genitive Rüstung, plural Rüstungen)

  1. (usually uncountable) armament (the act of acquiring or producing weapons)
  2. (uncountable) arms industry, ellipsis of Rüstungsindustrie.
  3. (countable) suit of armour
    Synonyms: (less common) Panzer, Harnisch
  4. (rare or specialist) scaffolding
    Synonym: Gerüst

Declension

Declension of Rüstung
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Rüstung die Rüstungen
genitive einer der Rüstung der Rüstungen
dative einer der Rüstung den Rüstungen
accusative eine die Rüstung die Rüstungen

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