Weps

Bavarian edit

Alternative forms edit

Wepsn (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)
Webasn (Southern Bavarian, Carinthia, Styria)
Webes

Etymology edit

From Middle High German webse, from Old High German wefsa, from Proto-West Germanic *waspijā, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō. Cognates include German Wespe, Dutch wesp, English wasp.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /βɛb̥s/

Noun edit

Weps m (plural Wepsn, diminutive Wepserl) (West Central Bavarian)

(entomology) wasp

German Low German edit

Noun edit

Weps f (plural Wepsen)

Alternative form of Wepse

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