Degen

degen English Etymology As a en de - and en gsw - surname, from the noun de Degen boy warrior, hero hero. As a German and en nl - surname, shortened from names like en Degenhard, en Degenhold, etc., with the same meaning as the above. In isolated cases it can also be from de Degen rapier, for someone who made or wore such weapons, and from en gmh dechen (“dean”, modern de Dechant). Proper noun s en German. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Degen is the 14838th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1997 individuals. Degen is most common among White (94.24%) individuals. Further reading Anagrams en deegn Gen Ed Gen-ed Gen. Ed. gen ed gen. ed. German Pronunciation de /ˈdeːɡən/ [ˈdeː.ɡŋ̍] [-ɡən] de De-Degen.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-Degen2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De gen Etymology 1 thumb|Illustration of "Degen" from Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon (6th edition, 1905), showing weapons that in English would be variously classed as rapier, smallsword, broadsword or sabre. de fro la Since ca. 1400, at first as de degen, but also de dege, de dägen, de tägen. Usually derived from de frm dague, but the origin of the e-vocalism is unclear. An eastern dialectal frm *degue is possible, but apparently unattested, whereas cs dýka is considered a borrowing from German. See fr dague and it daga for more. Probably also related with the family of en dagger. From the 17th century, the sense “dagger” is restricted to de Dolch, while de Degen comes to refer to longer weapons, especially thrust-oriented dueling swords. By the 18th century it was used of any sword worn as part of a uniform. Noun m rapier, smallsword de fencing épée de obsolete dagger Declension m Derived terms de Degenfisch Degengriff Degenklinge Degenschlucker Degenstoß Offiziersdegen Mantel-und-Degen-Film Haudegen Stoßdegen Stockdegen See also de Florett de Schwert Etymology 2 de gmw-pro gem-pro ine-pro 2 From de gmh dëgen, from de goh dëgan. Cognate with nl degen, en thane, is þegn, grc τέκνον. The word had become archaic by 1500, but was revived in poetic style since the later 18th century. This use may be a de gmh - 1 as there appear to be no attestations between ca. 1650 and 1750. Noun m de hero de archaic poetic history hero, warrior, soldier 1 4 Der Prinz. Er war es, der sich meinen Ansprüchen auf Sabionetta am meisten widersetzte. – Ein alter Degen; stolz und rauh; sonst bieder und gut! It was him who opposed my demands to Sabionetta the most. - An old warrior; proud and gruff; otherwise trustworthy and good! Prolog 3 Thibaut. Wo aber waren denn die tapfern Degen / Saintrailles, La Hire und Frankreichs Brustwehr, / Der heldenmütge Bastard, daß der Feind / So allgewaltig reißend vorwärts drang? But where were then those brave heroes: Saintrailles, La Hire and France's bulwark, the heroic bastard, that the enemy thrust forward so overwhelmingly, rapaciously? Declension m Derived terms de Haudegen partially Related terms de Than Further reading Degen_Held_Krieger Degen Degen_Stichwaffe Degen de Swords