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Noun [German]

IPA: /pfaʊ̯/ [standard], /faʊ̯/ (note: northern and central Germany) Audio: De-Pfau.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -aʊ̯ Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor. Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs)bor.? Latin pāvōbor. Proto-Germanic *pāwô Proto-West Germanic *pāwō Old High German pfāwo Middle High German pāwe German Pfau From Middle High German pāwe, pauwe, from Old High German pfāwo, from Proto-West Germanic *pāwō (“peacock, peafowl”). Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:inh|gmh:pāwe<ety:inh<goh:pfāwo>>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor. Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs)bor.? Latin pāvōbor. Proto-Germanic *pāwô Proto-West Germanic *pāwō Old High German pfāwo Middle High German pāwe German Pfau [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Pre-Greek", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qsb-grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ταώς", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "pāvō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*pāwô", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*pāwō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "pfāwo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "pāwe", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Pfau", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Pfau">, {{inh|de|gmh|pāwe}} Middle High German pāwe, {{inh|de|goh|pfāwo}} Old High German pfāwo, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*pāwō|t=peacock, peafowl}} Proto-West Germanic *pāwō (“peacock, peafowl”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,en:e}} Pfau m (mixed or strong, genitive Pfaues or Pfaus, plural Pfauen or Pfaue) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,en:e}} Forms: Pfaues [genitive], Pfaus [genitive], Pfauen [plural], Pfaue [plural], strong [table-tags], Pfau [nominative, singular], Pfauen [definite, nominative, plural], Pfaue [definite, nominative, plural], Pfaues [genitive, singular], Pfaus [genitive, singular], Pfauen [definite, genitive, plural], Pfaue [definite, genitive, plural], Pfau [dative, singular], Pfaue [dative, singular], Pfauen [dative, definite, plural], Pfau [accusative, singular], Pfauen [accusative, definite, plural], Pfaue [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. peacock Tags: masculine, mixed, strong
    Sense id: en-Pfau-de-noun-oJXHcT4z
  2. (astronomy) the constellation Pavo Tags: masculine, mixed, strong
    Sense id: en-Pfau-de-noun-VcC2fZwx Categories (other): Constellations, German entries with etymology trees, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of German entries with etymology trees: 31 69 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 18 82 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Nachtpfauenauge, Pfauenfeder, Pfauenschweif, Pfauenspinne, Pfauenspinner, Pfautaube, Tagpfauenauge

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/faʊ̯/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faʊ̯/",
      "note": "northern and central Germany"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊ̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Vau (nonstandard)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Pfau.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/De-Pfau.ogg/De-Pfau.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/De-Pfau.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Pfau"
}

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