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Falter

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See also: falter

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaltɐ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Fal‧ter

Etymology 1

Haplology of dialectal German Feifalter, from Middle High German vīvalter, from Old High German fīfaltra, from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ, *fīfildǭ (“butterfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *peypel-. Cognate with Dutch vijfwouter, Icelandic fiðrildi, and outside Germanic Latin papilio. Folk-etymologically re-interpreted as Zweifalter, Pfeiffalter, etc., by association with unrelated falten (“to fold”).

Noun

Falter m (strong, genitive Falters, plural Falter)

  1. an insect of the order Lepidoptera (i.e., a butterfly or moth)
    Synonyms: Nachtfalter, Schmetterling, Tagfalter
  2. (entomology) imago of an insect of the order Lepidoptera
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Falter die Falter
genitive eines des Falters der Falter
dative einem dem Falter den Faltern
accusative einen den Falter die Falter
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Declension of Falter [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms

See also

Etymology 2

From falten (“to fold”) +‎ -er.

Noun

Falter m (strong, genitive Falters, plural Falter)

  1. (Austria) leaflet, folder
    Synonyms: Broschüre, Faltblatt
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Falter die Falter
genitive eines des Falters der Falter
dative einem dem Falter den Faltern
accusative einen den Falter die Falter
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Declension of Falter [masculine, strong]

Further reading

  • “Falter” in Duden online
  • “Falter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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