landskommunsvapen

Swedish edit

Landskommunsvapen

Etymology edit

landskommun (“rural municipality”) +‎ -s- +‎ vapen (“arms”)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /landskɔmʉːnsvɑːpɛn/

Noun edit

landskommunsvapen n

(heraldry) arms of a rural municipality

Usage notes edit

Nowadays, this term is mostly used in describing historical conditions, as the distinction between rural municipalities and cities has been abolished in Sweden and Finland. Originally, the distinction was however heraldically significant, as arms for rural municipalities are a significantly newer phenomenon than those of cities.

Declension edit

Declension of landskommunsvapen
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	landskommunsvapen	landskommunsvapnet	landskommunsvapen	landskommunsvapnen
Genitive	landskommunsvapens	landskommunsvapnets	landskommunsvapens	landskommunsvapnens

Hypernyms edit

kommunvapen

References edit

Jesper Wasling (2021) Waslings heraldiska ordbok [Wasling’s Heraldic Dictionary] (in Swedish), Stockholm: Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC