# das Langschwert

das Langschwert is a German noun meaning “longsword”. Forms: des Langschwertes, die Langschwerter.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Langschwertes
- Plural: die Langschwerter

## In other languages

- Русский: длинный меч

## Meanings

1. longsword; any type of long sword, specifically of the Germanic spatha
   - 1839 Das Langschwert wußt' er riesenhaft zu schwingen ("he [Olaf Tryggvason] could swing the long-sword in the manner of a giant") Adam Oehlenschläger, Der Heilige Olaf.
2. as a proper name, calque of the sobriquet of Guillaume Longue Épée (d. 942)

## Examples

- Das Langschwert steckte in einer exquisit gravierten Scheide. — The longsword was sheathed in an intricately engraved scabbard.

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