Käfer

de-noun

Käfer m (strong, genitive Käfers, plural Käfer, diminutive Käferchen n, feminine (for the animal) Käferin)

Käfers (genitive)
Käfer (plural)
Käferchen (diminutive neuter)
Käferin (feminine)
Käfer (nominative singular)
Käfer (definite nominative plural)
Käfers (genitive singular)
Käfer (definite genitive plural)
Käfer (dative singular)
Käfern (dative definite plural)
Käfer (accusative singular)
Käfer (accusative definite plural)

→ Ladin: chëifer

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German chevar, cheviro, from Proto-West Germanic *kefrō. Akin to English chafer, Dutch kever.


Fuchs

Fuchs m (strong, genitive Fuchses, plural Füchse, diminutive Füchslein n or Füchschen n, feminine Füchsin)

Fuchses (genitive)
Füchse (plural)
Füchslein (diminutive neuter)
Füchschen (diminutive neuter)
Füchsin (feminine)
Fuchs (nominative singular)
Füchse (definite nominative plural)
Fuchses (genitive singular)
Füchse (definite genitive plural)
Fuchs (dative singular)
Fuchse (dative singular)
Füchsen (dative definite plural)
Fuchs (accusative singular)
Füchse (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German vuhs, from Old High German fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), from *puḱ- (“tail”). Cognate with English fox, Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha).


Heuschrecke

de-noun

Heuschrecke f (genitive Heuschrecke, plural Heuschrecken)

Heuschrecke (genitive)
Heuschrecken (plural)
Heuschrecke (nominative singular)
Heuschrecken (definite nominative plural)
Heuschrecke (genitive singular)
Heuschrecken (definite genitive plural)
Heuschrecke (dative singular)
Heuschrecken (dative definite plural)
Heuschrecke (accusative singular)
Heuschrecken (accusative definite plural)

/ˈhɔʏ̯ˌʃrɛkə/

From Middle High German höuschrecke, from Old High German houwiscrecko. Analysable as Heu (“hay”) + schrecken (“to jump up”). Originally a masculine that developed into a feminine under the influence of the frequently used plural (a common development in modern German); compare the southern alternative form.

(colloquial, derogatory) an investor who buys enterprises or properties and deals with them in a way that harms the local population

(especially East Germany, historical) an investor from West Germany who did this in the former GDR, exploiting the chaos following German reunification


Moskito

Moskito m (strong, genitive Moskitos, plural Moskitos)

Moskitos (genitive)
Moskitos (plural)
Moskito (nominative singular)
Moskitos (definite nominative plural)
Moskitos (genitive singular)
Moskitos (definite genitive plural)
Moskito (dative singular)
Moskitos (dative definite plural)
Moskito (accusative singular)
Moskitos (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Spanish mosquito (“gnat”), diminutive of mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca (“fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūs- (“fly, stinging fly, gnat”).


Mücke

de-noun

Mücke f (genitive Mücke, plural Mücken, diminutive Mückchen n or Mücklein n)

Mücke (genitive)
Mücken (plural)
Mückchen (diminutive neuter)
Mücklein (diminutive neuter)
Mücke (nominative singular)
Mücken (definite nominative plural)
Mücke (genitive singular)
Mücken (definite genitive plural)
Mücke (dative singular)
Mücken (dative definite plural)
Mücke (accusative singular)
Mücken (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German mücke, mügge, mucke, mugge, from Old High German mucka, mugga, from Proto-West Germanic *muggjā, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *muwō (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-.
Compare Dutch mug, Low German Mügg, Mügge, English midge, Danish myg, Latin musca.

(biology) insect of the order Nematocera, that is a mosquito, crane fly, gnat, or midge


Hirschkäfer

Hirschkäfer m (strong, genitive Hirschkäfers, plural Hirschkäfer)

Hirschkäfers (genitive)
Hirschkäfer (plural)
Hirschkäfer (nominative singular)
Hirschkäfer (definite nominative plural)
Hirschkäfers (genitive singular)
Hirschkäfer (definite genitive plural)
Hirschkäfer (dative singular)
Hirschkäfern (dative definite plural)
Hirschkäfer (accusative singular)
Hirschkäfer (accusative definite plural)

/ˈhɪʁʃˌkɛːfɐ/

/ˈhɪʁʃˌkeːfɐ/

Lucanus cervus
Lucanus cervus#Translingual


Falter

Falter m (strong, genitive Falters, plural Falter)

Falters (genitive)
Falter (plural)
Falter (nominative singular)
Falter (definite nominative plural)
Falters (genitive singular)
Falter (definite genitive plural)
Falter (dative singular)
Faltern (dative definite plural)
Falter (accusative singular)
Falter (accusative definite plural)

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”).

an insect of the order Lepidoptera (i.e., a butterfly or moth)

(entomology) imago of an insect of the order Lepidoptera


Hummer

Hummer m (strong, genitive Hummers, plural Hummer)

Hummers (genitive)
Hummer (plural)
Hummer (nominative singular)
Hummer (definite nominative plural)
Hummers (genitive singular)
Hummer (definite genitive plural)
Hummer (dative singular)
Hummern (dative definite plural)
Hummer (accusative singular)
Hummer (accusative definite plural)

16th century, from Middle Low German *hummer, itself from Old Norse humarr, perhaps through early Norwegian (as many lobsters were caught off the coast of Norway). From the same North Germanic source Modern Low German Hummer, Plautdietsch Humma, Dutch hommer.


Insekt

Insekt n (mixed, genitive Insektes or Insekts, plural Insekten)

Insektes (genitive)
Insekts (genitive)
Insekten (plural)
Insekt (nominative singular)
Insekten (definite nominative plural)
Insektes (genitive singular)
Insekts (genitive singular)
Insekten (definite genitive plural)
Insekt (dative singular)
Insekte (dative singular)
Insekten (dative definite plural)
Insekt (accusative singular)
Insekten (accusative definite plural)

Die Insekte machen die zahlreichste Classe von Thieren aus[.]

1775, Naturgeschichte zum Gebrauche der Jugend, Landshut, page 125:


Kerf

Kerf m (strong, genitive Kerfes or Kerfs, plural Kerfe)

Kerfes (genitive)
Kerfs (genitive)
Kerfe (plural)
Kerf (nominative singular)
Kerfe (definite nominative plural)
Kerfes (genitive singular)
Kerfs (genitive singular)
Kerfe (definite genitive plural)
Kerf (dative singular)
Kerfe (dative singular)
Kerfen (dative definite plural)
Kerf (accusative singular)
Kerfe (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Low German Kerbe, from Middle Low German kerf, kerve, probably related to Old Saxon kervan (“to cut”).
Synonymous with Kerbtier (1815 by Lorenz Oken); cf. German Low German half (“half”) and Dutch half (“half”) with High German halb (“half”).


Laus

Laus f (genitive Laus, plural Läuse, diminutive Läuschen n, feminine (rare) Läusin)

Laus (genitive)
Läuse (plural)
Läuschen (diminutive neuter)
Läusin (feminine rare)
Laus (nominative singular)
Läuse (definite nominative plural)
Laus (genitive singular)
Läuse (definite genitive plural)
Laus (dative singular)
Läusen (dative definite plural)
Laus (accusative singular)
Läuse (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German lūs, from Old High German lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.


Spinner

Spinner m (strong, genitive Spinners, plural Spinner, diminutive Spinnerlein n, feminine Spinnerin)

Spinners (genitive)
Spinner (plural)
Spinnerlein (diminutive neuter)
Spinnerin (feminine)
Spinner (nominative singular)
Spinner (definite nominative plural)
Spinners (genitive singular)
Spinner (definite genitive plural)
Spinner (dative singular)
Spinnern (dative definite plural)
Spinner (accusative singular)
Spinner (accusative definite plural)

(zoology) any of various butterflies which spin cocoons


Termite

Termite f (genitive Termite, plural Termiten)

Termite (genitive)
Termiten (plural)
Termite (nominative singular)
Termiten (definite nominative plural)
Termite (genitive singular)
Termiten (definite genitive plural)
Termite (dative singular)
Termiten (dative definite plural)
Termite (accusative singular)
Termiten (accusative definite plural)

From the Late Latin termes, late variant of the Classical Latin tarmes (“woodworm”).

termite (white-bodied, wood-consuming insect)


Glühwürmchen

Glühwürmchen n (strong, genitive Glühwürmchens, plural Glühwürmchen)

Glühwürmchens (genitive)
Glühwürmchen (plural)
Glühwürmchen (nominative singular)
Glühwürmchen (definite nominative plural)
Glühwürmchens (genitive singular)
Glühwürmchen (definite genitive plural)
Glühwürmchen (dative singular)
Glühwürmchen (dative definite plural)
Glühwürmchen (accusative singular)
Glühwürmchen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɡlyːˌvʏʁmçən/

From glühen (“to glow”) + Wurm (“worm”) + -chen (diminutive suffix) or Glühwurm + -chen.

affix

ein leuchtendes Glühwürmchen


Insektizid

de-noun

Insektizid n (strong, genitive Insektizides or Insektizids, plural Insektizide)

Insektizides (genitive)
Insektizids (genitive)
Insektizide (plural)
Insektizid (nominative singular)
Insektizide (definite nominative plural)
Insektizides (genitive singular)
Insektizids (genitive singular)
Insektizide (definite genitive plural)
Insektizid (dative singular)
Insektizide (dative singular)
Insektiziden (dative definite plural)
Insektizid (accusative singular)
Insektizide (accusative definite plural)

(chiefly formal or specialist) insecticide


Lauchmotte

Lauchmotte f (genitive Lauchmotte, plural Lauchmotten)

Lauchmotte (genitive)
Lauchmotten (plural)
Lauchmotte (nominative singular)
Lauchmotten (definite nominative plural)
Lauchmotte (genitive singular)
Lauchmotten (definite genitive plural)
Lauchmotte (dative singular)
Lauchmotten (dative definite plural)
Lauchmotte (accusative singular)
Lauchmotten (accusative definite plural)


Motte

Motte (genitive)
Motten (plural)
Motte (nominative singular)
Motten (definite nominative plural)
Motte (genitive singular)
Motten (definite genitive plural)
Motte (dative singular)
Motten (dative definite plural)
Motte (accusative singular)
Motten (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Middle Low German motte, mutte, from Old Saxon *motta, *motto, from Proto-West Germanic *mottō, *moþþō, perhaps related to *muggju (“mosquito, midge”), or *maþō (“worm”).
Cognate with Dutch mot and English moth, which see for more.

(specifically) moth, a member of Tineidae


Wanze

Wanze (genitive)
Wanzen (plural)
Wanze (nominative singular)
Wanzen (definite nominative plural)
Wanze (genitive singular)
Wanzen (definite genitive plural)
Wanze (dative singular)
Wanzen (dative definite plural)
Wanze (accusative singular)
Wanzen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German wanze, formed with the contractive suffix -ze (cf. Spatz, Heinz) from older Middle and Old High German wantlūs (“bug”, literally “wall louse”), equivalent to Wand + Laus.

der

an insect of the suborder Heteroptera, a bug (in the strictest sense)


Bettwanze

de-noun

Bettwanze f (genitive Bettwanze, plural Bettwanzen)

Bettwanze (genitive)
Bettwanzen (plural)
Bettwanze (nominative singular)
Bettwanzen (definite nominative plural)
Bettwanze (genitive singular)
Bettwanzen (definite genitive plural)
Bettwanze (dative singular)
Bettwanzen (dative definite plural)
Bettwanze (accusative singular)
Bettwanzen (accusative definite plural)


Tabakkäfer

Tabakkäfer m (strong, genitive Tabakkäfers, plural Tabakkäfer)

Tabakkäfers (genitive)
Tabakkäfer (plural)
Tabakkäfer (nominative singular)
Tabakkäfer (definite nominative plural)
Tabakkäfers (genitive singular)
Tabakkäfer (definite genitive plural)
Tabakkäfer (dative singular)
Tabakkäfern (dative definite plural)
Tabakkäfer (accusative singular)
Tabakkäfer (accusative definite plural)

From Tabak (“tobacco”) + Käfer (“beetle”).

tobacco beetle or cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne)


Blattlaus

Blattlaus f (genitive Blattlaus, plural Blattläuse)

Blattlaus (genitive)
Blattläuse (plural)
Blattlaus (nominative singular)
Blattläuse (definite nominative plural)
Blattlaus (genitive singular)
Blattläuse (definite genitive plural)
Blattlaus (dative singular)
Blattläusen (dative definite plural)
Blattlaus (accusative singular)
Blattläuse (accusative definite plural)


Filzlaus

Filzlaus f (genitive Filzlaus, plural Filzläuse)

Filzlaus (genitive)
Filzläuse (plural)
Filzlaus (nominative singular)
Filzläuse (definite nominative plural)
Filzlaus (genitive singular)
Filzläuse (definite genitive plural)
Filzlaus (dative singular)
Filzläusen (dative definite plural)
Filzlaus (accusative singular)
Filzläuse (accusative definite plural)

15th century, from Filz (“felt”, also “tangled, clotted hair”) + Laus (“louse”).


Maulwurfsgrille

de-noun

Maulwurfsgrille f (genitive Maulwurfsgrille, plural Maulwurfsgrillen)

Maulwurfsgrille (genitive)
Maulwurfsgrillen (plural)
Maulwurfsgrille (nominative singular)
Maulwurfsgrillen (definite nominative plural)
Maulwurfsgrille (genitive singular)
Maulwurfsgrillen (definite genitive plural)
Maulwurfsgrille (dative singular)
Maulwurfsgrillen (dative definite plural)
Maulwurfsgrille (accusative singular)
Maulwurfsgrillen (accusative definite plural)

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From Maulwurf (“mole”) + -s- + Grille (“cricket”).


Heimchen

de-noun

Heimchen n (strong, genitive Heimchens, plural Heimchen)

Heimchens (genitive)
Heimchen (plural)
Heimchen (nominative singular)
Heimchen (definite nominative plural)
Heimchens (genitive singular)
Heimchen (definite genitive plural)
Heimchen (dative singular)
Heimchen (dative definite plural)
Heimchen (accusative singular)
Heimchen (accusative definite plural)

The Cricket on the Hearth
de:Das Heimchen am Herde

Heim + -chen. In the figurative sense popularized by the German title of Charles Dickens' The Cricket on the Hearth (1845), Das Heimchen am Herde.

Stattdessen gibt es für Museumsbesucher aktuell ein wenig Ekel für daheim. Man bekommt etwa getrocknete Heimchen und Mehlwürmer, Milbenkäse und isländischen Stinke-Hai mit auf den Weg, nicht gerade Grundnahrungsmittel in Deutschland.

2021 July 29, Andreas Hartmann, “Außergewöhnliches Berliner Food-Museum: Was man alles essen kann”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:


Schmetterling

Schmetterling m (strong, genitive Schmetterlings or Schmetterlinges, plural Schmetterlinge)

Schmetterlings (genitive)
Schmetterlinges (genitive)
Schmetterlinge (plural)
Schmetterling (nominative singular)
Schmetterlinge (definite nominative plural)
Schmetterlings (genitive singular)
Schmetterlinges (genitive singular)
Schmetterlinge (definite genitive plural)
Schmetterling (dative singular)
Schmetterlinge (dative singular)
Schmetterlingen (dative definite plural)
Schmetterling (accusative singular)
Schmetterlinge (accusative definite plural)

/ˈʃmɛtərlɪŋ/

Attested ca. 1500, standard since the 18th century. From an East Central German dialect word, equivalent to Schmetten (“cream”) + -ling, due to an old belief that butterflies eat milk products or, in a more ornamented form, that witches transform themselves into butterflies in order to steal such products. Compare English butterfly.

(chiefly biology) any insect of the order Lepidoptera, i.e. a butterfly or moth


Kerbtier

Kerbtier n (strong, genitive Kerbtieres or Kerbtiers, plural Kerbtiere)

Kerbtieres (genitive)
Kerbtiers (genitive)
Kerbtiere (plural)
Kerbtier (nominative singular)
Kerbtiere (definite nominative plural)
Kerbtieres (genitive singular)
Kerbtiers (genitive singular)
Kerbtiere (definite genitive plural)
Kerbtier (dative singular)
Kerbtiere (dative singular)
Kerbtieren (dative definite plural)
Kerbtier (accusative singular)
Kerbtiere (accusative definite plural)

/ˈkɛʁpˌtiːɐ̯/

From Kerbe + Tier, coined by Joachim Heinrich Campe in 1791 to replace the Latinate term Insekt.

coin

Sogar Ackerspitzmäuse stellten sich ein, denn Fraß für ihre spitzen Zähne boten die vielen schlafenden Kerbtiere zur Genüge, auch wurde mehr als eine kranke und schwache Maus ihre Beute.


Zecke

Zecke (genitive)
Zecken (plural)
Zecke (nominative singular)
Zecken (definite nominative plural)
Zecke (genitive singular)
Zecken (definite genitive plural)
Zecke (dative singular)
Zecken (dative definite plural)
Zecke (accusative singular)
Zecken (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German zecke, from Old High German cecho, from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō (“tick”).

[…] Dort skandierten sie »Rote Schweine raus« oder »Die Zecken soll'n verrecken«, bis die Volkspolizei kam und sie in Richtung Alexanderplatz abdrängte.

2018, Michael Sontheimer, Peter Wensierski, Berlin: Stadt der Revolte, Ch. Links Verlag, →ISBN, page 396:

[…] There they chanted "Red pigs out" or "The punks should perish" until the police came and pushed them in the direction of Alexanderplatz.

Jenseits der Zonengrenze hieß das hin und wieder auch, eine Nacht in einem verbarrikadierten besetzten Haus verbringen zu müssen, weil auf der Straße eine Horde von Glatzen mit Baseballschlägern darauf aus war, ein paar Zecken zu klatschen.

2021 May 9, Ulrich Gutmair, “Roman über Punks der 90er: Nochämo uff die Fress?”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

Beyond the zone line, that sometimes meant spending a night in a barricaded squat because a horde of skinheads with baseball bats were out on the street trying to smack a few punks.

(slang, derogatory) leftist (person, usually young, who supports leftwing politics)


Schwalbenschwanz

de-noun

Schwalbenschwanz m (strong, genitive Schwalbenschwanzes, plural Schwalbenschwänze)

Schwalbenschwanzes (genitive)
Schwalbenschwänze (plural)
Schwalbenschwanz (nominative singular)
Schwalbenschwänze (definite nominative plural)
Schwalbenschwanzes (genitive singular)
Schwalbenschwänze (definite genitive plural)
Schwalbenschwanz (dative singular)
Schwalbenschwanze (dative singular)
Schwalbenschwänzen (dative definite plural)
Schwalbenschwanz (accusative singular)
Schwalbenschwänze (accusative definite plural)

swallowtail (butterfly of the family Papilionidae)


Eintagsfliege

Eintagsfliege f (genitive Eintagsfliege, plural Eintagsfliegen)

Eintagsfliege (genitive)
Eintagsfliegen (plural)
Eintagsfliege (nominative singular)
Eintagsfliegen (definite nominative plural)
Eintagsfliege (genitive singular)
Eintagsfliegen (definite genitive plural)
Eintagsfliege (dative singular)
Eintagsfliegen (dative definite plural)
Eintagsfliege (accusative singular)
Eintagsfliegen (accusative definite plural)

ein (“one”) + Tag (“day”) + -s- + Fliege (“fly”)


Köcherfliege

de-noun

Köcherfliege f (genitive Köcherfliege, plural Köcherfliegen)

Köcherfliege (genitive)
Köcherfliegen (plural)
Köcherfliege (nominative singular)
Köcherfliegen (definite nominative plural)
Köcherfliege (genitive singular)
Köcherfliegen (definite genitive plural)
Köcherfliege (dative singular)
Köcherfliegen (dative definite plural)
Köcherfliege (accusative singular)
Köcherfliegen (accusative definite plural)


Steinfliege

Steinfliege f (genitive Steinfliege, plural Steinfliegen)

Steinfliege (genitive)
Steinfliegen (plural)
Steinfliege (nominative singular)
Steinfliegen (definite nominative plural)
Steinfliege (genitive singular)
Steinfliegen (definite genitive plural)
Steinfliege (dative singular)
Steinfliegen (dative definite plural)
Steinfliege (accusative singular)
Steinfliegen (accusative definite plural)


Florfliege

Florfliege f (genitive Florfliege, plural Florfliegen)

Florfliege (genitive)
Florfliegen (plural)
Florfliege (nominative singular)
Florfliegen (definite nominative plural)
Florfliege (genitive singular)
Florfliegen (definite genitive plural)
Florfliege (dative singular)
Florfliegen (dative definite plural)
Florfliege (accusative singular)
Florfliegen (accusative definite plural)

common green lacewing
common green lacewing


Schwebfliege

Schwebfliege f (genitive Schwebfliege, plural Schwebfliegen)

Schwebfliege (genitive)
Schwebfliegen (plural)
Schwebfliege (nominative singular)
Schwebfliegen (definite nominative plural)
Schwebfliege (genitive singular)
Schwebfliegen (definite genitive plural)
Schwebfliege (dative singular)
Schwebfliegen (dative definite plural)
Schwebfliege (accusative singular)
Schwebfliegen (accusative definite plural)

From schweben (“to hove”) + Fliege (“fly”).


Kamelhalsfliege

Kamelhalsfliege f (genitive Kamelhalsfliege, plural Kamelhalsfliegen)

Kamelhalsfliege (genitive)
Kamelhalsfliegen (plural)
Kamelhalsfliege (nominative singular)
Kamelhalsfliegen (definite nominative plural)
Kamelhalsfliege (genitive singular)
Kamelhalsfliegen (definite genitive plural)
Kamelhalsfliege (dative singular)
Kamelhalsfliegen (dative definite plural)
Kamelhalsfliege (accusative singular)
Kamelhalsfliegen (accusative definite plural)

Kamel (“camel”) + Hals (“neck”) + Fliege (“fly”)


Skorpionsfliege

de-noun

Skorpionsfliege f (genitive Skorpionsfliege, plural Skorpionsfliegen)

Skorpionsfliege (genitive)
Skorpionsfliegen (plural)
Skorpionsfliege (nominative singular)
Skorpionsfliegen (definite nominative plural)
Skorpionsfliege (genitive singular)
Skorpionsfliegen (definite genitive plural)
Skorpionsfliege (dative singular)
Skorpionsfliegen (dative definite plural)
Skorpionsfliege (accusative singular)
Skorpionsfliegen (accusative definite plural)


Skorpion

Skorpion m (strong or mixed, genitive Skorpions, plural Skorpione or (now less common) Skorpionen)

Skorpions (genitive)
Skorpione (plural)
Skorpionen (plural uncommon)
Skorpion (nominative singular)
Skorpione (definite nominative plural)
Skorpionen (definite nominative plural)
Skorpions (genitive singular)
Skorpione (definite genitive plural)
Skorpionen (definite genitive plural)
Skorpion (dative singular)
Skorpionen (dative definite plural)
Skorpion (accusative singular)
Skorpione (accusative definite plural)
Skorpionen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German scorpiōn, schorpiōn, relatinised variants of older schorpe, from Old High German scorpio, from Latin scorpio, from Ancient Greek σκορπίων (skorpíōn), variant of σκορπίος (skorpíos).

scorpio (one born in the sign of Scorpio)


Skorpion

de-proper noun

Skorpion m (proper noun, strong, genitive Skorpions)

(astrology) Scorpio, a Zodiac sign used in astrology


Wasserskorpion

de-noun

Wasserskorpion m (strong, genitive Wasserskorpiones or Wasserskorpions, plural Wasserskorpione)

Wasserskorpiones (genitive)
Wasserskorpions (genitive)
Wasserskorpione (plural)
Wasserskorpion (nominative singular)
Wasserskorpione (definite nominative plural)
Wasserskorpiones (genitive singular)
Wasserskorpions (genitive singular)
Wasserskorpione (definite genitive plural)
Wasserskorpion (dative singular)
Wasserskorpione (dative singular)
Wasserskorpionen (dative definite plural)
Wasserskorpion (accusative singular)
Wasserskorpione (accusative definite plural)

water scorpion, (Nepa cinerea, Syn. Nepa rubra)


Wasserwanze

Wasserwanze f (genitive Wasserwanze, plural Wasserwanzen)

Wasserwanze (genitive)
Wasserwanzen (plural)
Wasserwanze (nominative singular)
Wasserwanzen (definite nominative plural)
Wasserwanze (genitive singular)
Wasserwanzen (definite genitive plural)
Wasserwanze (dative singular)
Wasserwanzen (dative definite plural)
Wasserwanze (accusative singular)
Wasserwanzen (accusative definite plural)

water bug (insect infraorder Nepomorpha)


Stabwanze

Stabwanze f (genitive Stabwanze, plural Stabwanzen)

Stabwanze (genitive)
Stabwanzen (plural)
Stabwanze (nominative singular)
Stabwanzen (definite nominative plural)
Stabwanze (genitive singular)
Stabwanzen (definite genitive plural)
Stabwanze (dative singular)
Stabwanzen (dative definite plural)
Stabwanze (accusative singular)
Stabwanzen (accusative definite plural)

needle bug, water stick insect (insect genus Ranatra).


Biene

Biene f (genitive Biene, plural Bienen, diminutive Bienchen n or Bienlein n)

Biene (genitive)
Bienen (plural)
Bienchen (diminutive neuter)
Bienlein (diminutive neuter)
Biene (nominative singular)
Bienen (definite nominative plural)
Biene (genitive singular)
Bienen (definite genitive plural)
Biene (dative singular)
Bienen (dative definite plural)
Biene (accusative singular)
Bienen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German bine, from Old High German bini, from Proto-West Germanic *bini.

Weisel = Königin f = Bienenkönigin f = Bienenkönig

Die Biene Maja

Maya the Bee (German children's book about a bee called Maya)


Hummel

de-proper noun

Hummel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hummels or (with an article) Hummel, feminine genitive Hummel, plural Hummels or Hummel)

Hummels (genitive masculine)
Hummel (genitive masculine)
Hummel (feminine genitive)
Hummels (plural)
Hummel (plural)

From Middle High German humbel, hummel, from Old High German humbal, humbala, humbalo. Cognate with Dutch hommel, Danish humlebi, Swedish humla. Eventually probably onomatopoeic and related with English hum.
Compare English bumblebee, which has Middle English bombeln ("to buzz") as its first element.

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic


Springspinne

de-noun

Springspinne f (genitive Springspinne, plural Springspinnen)

Springspinne (genitive)
Springspinnen (plural)
Springspinne (nominative singular)
Springspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Springspinne (genitive singular)
Springspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Springspinne (dative singular)
Springspinnen (dative definite plural)
Springspinne (accusative singular)
Springspinnen (accusative definite plural)

[ˈʃpʁɪŋʃpɪnə]


Spinne

Spinne f (genitive Spinne, plural Spinnen, diminutive Spinnlein n)

Spinne (genitive)
Spinnen (plural)
Spinnlein (diminutive neuter)
Spinne (nominative singular)
Spinnen (definite nominative plural)
Spinne (genitive singular)
Spinnen (definite genitive plural)
Spinne (dative singular)
Spinnen (dative definite plural)
Spinne (accusative singular)
Spinnen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German spinne, from Old High German spinna. Ultimately from the root of spinnen (“spin”).


Falltürspinne

Falltürspinne f (genitive Falltürspinne, plural Falltürspinnen)

Falltürspinne (genitive)
Falltürspinnen (plural)
Falltürspinne (nominative singular)
Falltürspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Falltürspinne (genitive singular)
Falltürspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Falltürspinne (dative singular)
Falltürspinnen (dative definite plural)
Falltürspinne (accusative singular)
Falltürspinnen (accusative definite plural)

From Falltür (“trapdoor”) + Spinne (“spider”).


Röhrenspinne

de-noun

Röhrenspinne f (genitive Röhrenspinne, plural Röhrenspinnen)

Röhrenspinne (genitive)
Röhrenspinnen (plural)
Röhrenspinne (nominative singular)
Röhrenspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Röhrenspinne (genitive singular)
Röhrenspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Röhrenspinne (dative singular)
Röhrenspinnen (dative definite plural)
Röhrenspinne (accusative singular)
Röhrenspinnen (accusative definite plural)

Compound of Röhre (“tube, pipe”) + Spinne (“spider”).


Kräuselspinne

de-noun

Kräuselspinne f (genitive Kräuselspinne, plural Kräuselspinnen)

Kräuselspinne (genitive)
Kräuselspinnen (plural)
Kräuselspinne (nominative singular)
Kräuselspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Kräuselspinne (genitive singular)
Kräuselspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Kräuselspinne (dative singular)
Kräuselspinnen (dative definite plural)
Kräuselspinne (accusative singular)
Kräuselspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Tapezierspinne

Tapezierspinne f (genitive Tapezierspinne, plural Tapezierspinnen)

Tapezierspinne (genitive)
Tapezierspinnen (plural)
Tapezierspinne (nominative singular)
Tapezierspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Tapezierspinne (genitive singular)
Tapezierspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Tapezierspinne (dative singular)
Tapezierspinnen (dative definite plural)
Tapezierspinne (accusative singular)
Tapezierspinnen (accusative definite plural)

From tapezieren (“wallpaper”) + Spinne (“spider”).


Finsterspinne

de-noun

Finsterspinne f (genitive Finsterspinne, plural Finsterspinnen)

Finsterspinne (genitive)
Finsterspinnen (plural)
Finsterspinne (nominative singular)
Finsterspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Finsterspinne (genitive singular)
Finsterspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Finsterspinne (dative singular)
Finsterspinnen (dative definite plural)
Finsterspinne (accusative singular)
Finsterspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Trichterspinne

Trichterspinne f (genitive Trichterspinne, plural Trichterspinnen)

Trichterspinne (genitive)
Trichterspinnen (plural)
Trichterspinne (nominative singular)
Trichterspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Trichterspinne (genitive singular)
Trichterspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Trichterspinne (dative singular)
Trichterspinnen (dative definite plural)
Trichterspinne (accusative singular)
Trichterspinnen (accusative definite plural)

araneomorph funnel-web spider
araneomorph funnel-web spider

araneomorph funnel-web spider (Agelenidae)


Zeltdachspinne

Zeltdachspinne f (genitive Zeltdachspinne, plural Zeltdachspinnen)

Zeltdachspinne (genitive)
Zeltdachspinnen (plural)
Zeltdachspinne (nominative singular)
Zeltdachspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Zeltdachspinne (genitive singular)
Zeltdachspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Zeltdachspinne (dative singular)
Zeltdachspinnen (dative definite plural)
Zeltdachspinne (accusative singular)
Zeltdachspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Raubspinne

Raubspinne f (genitive Raubspinne, plural Raubspinnen)

Raubspinne (genitive)
Raubspinnen (plural)
Raubspinne (nominative singular)
Raubspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Raubspinne (genitive singular)
Raubspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Raubspinne (dative singular)
Raubspinnen (dative definite plural)
Raubspinne (accusative singular)
Raubspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Streckerspinne

Streckerspinne f (genitive Streckerspinne, plural Streckerspinnen)

Streckerspinne (genitive)
Streckerspinnen (plural)
Streckerspinne (nominative singular)
Streckerspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Streckerspinne (genitive singular)
Streckerspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Streckerspinne (dative singular)
Streckerspinnen (dative definite plural)
Streckerspinne (accusative singular)
Streckerspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Wolfspinne

Wolfspinne f (genitive Wolfspinne, plural Wolfspinnen)

Wolfspinne (genitive)
Wolfspinnen (plural)
Wolfspinne (nominative singular)
Wolfspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Wolfspinne (genitive singular)
Wolfspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Wolfspinne (dative singular)
Wolfspinnen (dative definite plural)
Wolfspinne (accusative singular)
Wolfspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Wasserspinne

Wasserspinne f (genitive Wasserspinne, plural Wasserspinnen)

Wasserspinne (genitive)
Wasserspinnen (plural)
Wasserspinne (nominative singular)
Wasserspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Wasserspinne (genitive singular)
Wasserspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Wasserspinne (dative singular)
Wasserspinnen (dative definite plural)
Wasserspinne (accusative singular)
Wasserspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Luchsspinne

Luchsspinne f (genitive Luchsspinne, plural Luchsspinnen)

Luchsspinne (genitive)
Luchsspinnen (plural)
Luchsspinne (nominative singular)
Luchsspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Luchsspinne (genitive singular)
Luchsspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Luchsspinne (dative singular)
Luchsspinnen (dative definite plural)
Luchsspinne (accusative singular)
Luchsspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Plattbauchspinne

Plattbauchspinne f (genitive Plattbauchspinne, plural Plattbauchspinnen)

Plattbauchspinne (genitive)
Plattbauchspinnen (plural)
Plattbauchspinne (nominative singular)
Plattbauchspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Plattbauchspinne (genitive singular)
Plattbauchspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Plattbauchspinne (dative singular)
Plattbauchspinnen (dative definite plural)
Plattbauchspinne (accusative singular)
Plattbauchspinnen (accusative definite plural)

From platt (“flat”) + Bauch (“belly”) + Spinne (“spide”).


Feldspinne

de-noun

Feldspinne f (genitive Feldspinne, plural Feldspinnen)

Feldspinne (genitive)
Feldspinnen (plural)
Feldspinne (nominative singular)
Feldspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Feldspinne (genitive singular)
Feldspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Feldspinne (dative singular)
Feldspinnen (dative definite plural)
Feldspinne (accusative singular)
Feldspinnen (accusative definite plural)

liocranid sac spider
liocranid sac spider


Vogelspinne

Vogelspinne f (genitive Vogelspinne, plural Vogelspinnen)

Vogelspinne (genitive)
Vogelspinnen (plural)
Vogelspinne (nominative singular)
Vogelspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Vogelspinne (genitive singular)
Vogelspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Vogelspinne (dative singular)
Vogelspinnen (dative definite plural)
Vogelspinne (accusative singular)
Vogelspinnen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈfoːɡəlˌʃpɪnə/

[ˈfoːɡl̩ˌʃpɪnə]

From Vogel (“bird”) + Spinne (“spider”). A calque of Latin Aranea avicularia, coined by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae (1758, tomus I, p. 619 + 622).

tarantula (broad sense), bird spider, bird-eating spider, monkey spider

10th edition of Systema Naturae
Avicularia
Carl Linnaeus


Wanderspinne

Wanderspinne f (genitive Wanderspinne, plural Wanderspinnen)

Wanderspinne (genitive)
Wanderspinnen (plural)
Wanderspinne (nominative singular)
Wanderspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Wanderspinne (genitive singular)
Wanderspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Wanderspinne (dative singular)
Wanderspinnen (dative definite plural)
Wanderspinne (accusative singular)
Wanderspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Krabbenspinne

Krabbenspinne f (genitive Krabbenspinne, plural Krabbenspinnen)

Krabbenspinne (genitive)
Krabbenspinnen (plural)
Krabbenspinne (nominative singular)
Krabbenspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Krabbenspinne (genitive singular)
Krabbenspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Krabbenspinne (dative singular)
Krabbenspinnen (dative definite plural)
Krabbenspinne (accusative singular)
Krabbenspinnen (accusative definite plural)

From Krabbe (“crab”) + -n- + Spinne (“spider”).


Krabbe

de-proper noun

Krabbe m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Krabbes or (with an article) Krabbe, feminine genitive Krabbe, plural Krabbes or Krabbe)

Krabbes (genitive masculine)
Krabbe (genitive masculine)
Krabbe (feminine genitive)
Krabbes (plural)
Krabbe (plural)

Borrowed from Low German and Middle Low German krabbe, probably from the root of krabbeln.
Cognate with Dutch krab, English crab, Old Norse krabbi (Norwegian krabbe, Swedish krabba). Root cognate with crawl, scrape. More at crab. Further origin unknown; either from a substrate language, or, if inherited, related to kerben. Compare Latin carabus.


Winkerkrabbe

de-noun

Winkerkrabbe f (genitive Winkerkrabbe, plural Winkerkrabben)

Winkerkrabbe (genitive)
Winkerkrabben (plural)
Winkerkrabbe (nominative singular)
Winkerkrabben (definite nominative plural)
Winkerkrabbe (genitive singular)
Winkerkrabben (definite genitive plural)
Winkerkrabbe (dative singular)
Winkerkrabben (dative definite plural)
Winkerkrabbe (accusative singular)
Winkerkrabben (accusative definite plural)


Walzenspinne

Walzenspinne f (genitive Walzenspinne, plural Walzenspinnen)

Walzenspinne (genitive)
Walzenspinnen (plural)
Walzenspinne (nominative singular)
Walzenspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Walzenspinne (genitive singular)
Walzenspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Walzenspinne (dative singular)
Walzenspinnen (dative definite plural)
Walzenspinne (accusative singular)
Walzenspinnen (accusative definite plural)

From Walze (“cylinder”) + Spinne (“spider”).


Speispinne

Speispinne f (genitive Speispinne, plural Speispinnen)

Speispinne (genitive)
Speispinnen (plural)
Speispinne (nominative singular)
Speispinnen (definite nominative plural)
Speispinne (genitive singular)
Speispinnen (definite genitive plural)
Speispinne (dative singular)
Speispinnen (dative definite plural)
Speispinne (accusative singular)
Speispinnen (accusative definite plural)


Leimschleuderspinne

Leimschleuderspinne f (genitive Leimschleuderspinne, plural Leimschleuderspinnen)

Leimschleuderspinne (genitive)
Leimschleuderspinnen (plural)
Leimschleuderspinne (nominative singular)
Leimschleuderspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Leimschleuderspinne (genitive singular)
Leimschleuderspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Leimschleuderspinne (dative singular)
Leimschleuderspinnen (dative definite plural)
Leimschleuderspinne (accusative singular)
Leimschleuderspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Kugelspinne

Kugelspinne f (genitive Kugelspinne, plural Kugelspinnen)

Kugelspinne (genitive)
Kugelspinnen (plural)
Kugelspinne (nominative singular)
Kugelspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Kugelspinne (genitive singular)
Kugelspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Kugelspinne (dative singular)
Kugelspinnen (dative definite plural)
Kugelspinne (accusative singular)
Kugelspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Haubennetzspinne

Haubennetzspinne f (genitive Haubennetzspinne, plural Haubennetzspinnen)

Haubennetzspinne (genitive)
Haubennetzspinnen (plural)
Haubennetzspinne (nominative singular)
Haubennetzspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Haubennetzspinne (genitive singular)
Haubennetzspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Haubennetzspinne (dative singular)
Haubennetzspinnen (dative definite plural)
Haubennetzspinne (accusative singular)
Haubennetzspinnen (accusative definite plural)

From Haube (“hood”) + -n- + Netz (“net”) + Spinne (“spider”).


Baldachinspinne

de-noun

Baldachinspinne f (genitive Baldachinspinne, plural Baldachinspinnen)

Baldachinspinne (genitive)
Baldachinspinnen (plural)
Baldachinspinne (nominative singular)
Baldachinspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Baldachinspinne (genitive singular)
Baldachinspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Baldachinspinne (dative singular)
Baldachinspinnen (dative definite plural)
Baldachinspinne (accusative singular)
Baldachinspinnen (accusative definite plural)

From Baldachin (“canopy”) + Spinne (“spider”).


Zitterspinne

de-noun

Zitterspinne f (genitive Zitterspinne, plural Zitterspinnen)

Zitterspinne (genitive)
Zitterspinnen (plural)
Zitterspinne (nominative singular)
Zitterspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Zitterspinne (genitive singular)
Zitterspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Zitterspinne (dative singular)
Zitterspinnen (dative definite plural)
Zitterspinne (accusative singular)
Zitterspinnen (accusative definite plural)

daddy long-legs spider
daddy long-legs spider


Ameise

Ameise f (genitive Ameise, plural Ameisen, diminutive Ameischen n or Ameislein n)

Ameise (genitive)
Ameisen (plural)
Ameischen (diminutive neuter)
Ameislein (diminutive neuter)
Ameise (nominative singular)
Ameisen (definite nominative plural)
Ameise (genitive singular)
Ameisen (definite genitive plural)
Ameise (dative singular)
Ameisen (dative definite plural)
Ameise (accusative singular)
Ameisen (accusative definite plural)

*From Middle High German āmeiʒe, from Old High German āmeiʒa, from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā. Cognate with English ant, Scots emmot (“ant”), dialectal Dutch emt, empt (“ant”).
*(electric pallet jack): From the trademark "Ameise", a brand of the Jungheinrich German company for electric pallet jacks.

electric pallet jack, electric pallet truck, electric pallet truck


Feuerwanze

Feuerwanze f (genitive Feuerwanze, plural Feuerwanzen)

Feuerwanze (genitive)
Feuerwanzen (plural)
Feuerwanze (nominative singular)
Feuerwanzen (definite nominative plural)
Feuerwanze (genitive singular)
Feuerwanzen (definite genitive plural)
Feuerwanze (dative singular)
Feuerwanzen (dative definite plural)
Feuerwanze (accusative singular)
Feuerwanzen (accusative definite plural)


Feuerkäfer

Feuerkäfer m (strong, genitive Feuerkäfers, plural Feuerkäfer)

Feuerkäfers (genitive)
Feuerkäfer (plural)
Feuerkäfer (nominative singular)
Feuerkäfer (definite nominative plural)
Feuerkäfers (genitive singular)
Feuerkäfer (definite genitive plural)
Feuerkäfer (dative singular)
Feuerkäfern (dative definite plural)
Feuerkäfer (accusative singular)
Feuerkäfer (accusative definite plural)

/ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌkɛːfɐ/

From Feuer (“fire”) + Käfer (“bug, beetle”).

fire-colored beetle (a beetle in the tenebrionoid family Pyrochroidae)


Streifenwanze

Streifenwanze f (genitive Streifenwanze, plural Streifenwanzen)

Streifenwanze (genitive)
Streifenwanzen (plural)
Streifenwanze (nominative singular)
Streifenwanzen (definite nominative plural)
Streifenwanze (genitive singular)
Streifenwanzen (definite genitive plural)
Streifenwanze (dative singular)
Streifenwanzen (dative definite plural)
Streifenwanze (accusative singular)
Streifenwanzen (accusative definite plural)


Mottenschildlaus

Mottenschildlaus f (genitive Mottenschildlaus, plural Mottenschildläuse)

Mottenschildlaus (genitive)
Mottenschildläuse (plural)
Mottenschildlaus (nominative singular)
Mottenschildläuse (definite nominative plural)
Mottenschildlaus (genitive singular)
Mottenschildläuse (definite genitive plural)
Mottenschildlaus (dative singular)
Mottenschildläusen (dative definite plural)
Mottenschildlaus (accusative singular)
Mottenschildläuse (accusative definite plural)


Schildlaus

Schildlaus f (genitive Schildlaus, plural Schildläuse)

Schildlaus (genitive)
Schildläuse (plural)
Schildlaus (nominative singular)
Schildläuse (definite nominative plural)
Schildlaus (genitive singular)
Schildläuse (definite genitive plural)
Schildlaus (dative singular)
Schildläusen (dative definite plural)
Schildlaus (accusative singular)
Schildläuse (accusative definite plural)


Rüsselkäfer

Rüsselkäfer m (strong, genitive Rüsselkäfers, plural Rüsselkäfer)

Rüsselkäfers (genitive)
Rüsselkäfer (plural)
Rüsselkäfer (nominative singular)
Rüsselkäfer (definite nominative plural)
Rüsselkäfers (genitive singular)
Rüsselkäfer (definite genitive plural)
Rüsselkäfer (dative singular)
Rüsselkäfern (dative definite plural)
Rüsselkäfer (accusative singular)
Rüsselkäfer (accusative definite plural)

/ˈʁʏsl̩ˌkɛːfɐ/

From Rüssel (“proboscis, trunk”) + Käfer (“bug, bettle”).


Fichtenspinner

de-noun

Fichtenspinner m (strong, genitive Fichtenspinners, plural Fichtenspinner)

Fichtenspinners (genitive)
Fichtenspinner (plural)
Fichtenspinner (nominative singular)
Fichtenspinner (definite nominative plural)
Fichtenspinners (genitive singular)
Fichtenspinner (definite genitive plural)
Fichtenspinner (dative singular)
Fichtenspinnern (dative definite plural)
Fichtenspinner (accusative singular)
Fichtenspinner (accusative definite plural)

/ˈfɪçtn̩ˌʃpɪnɐ/

Fichte (“spruce tree”) + Spinner (“moth”)


Hausspinne

de-noun

Hausspinne f (genitive Hausspinne, plural Hausspinnen)

Hausspinne (genitive)
Hausspinnen (plural)
Hausspinne (nominative singular)
Hausspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Hausspinne (genitive singular)
Hausspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Hausspinne (dative singular)
Hausspinnen (dative definite plural)
Hausspinne (accusative singular)
Hausspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Winkelspinne

Winkelspinne f (genitive Winkelspinne, plural Winkelspinnen)

Winkelspinne (genitive)
Winkelspinnen (plural)
Winkelspinne (nominative singular)
Winkelspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Winkelspinne (genitive singular)
Winkelspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Winkelspinne (dative singular)
Winkelspinnen (dative definite plural)
Winkelspinne (accusative singular)
Winkelspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Raupe

Raupe f (genitive Raupe, plural Raupen, diminutive Räupchen n or Räuplein n)

Raupe (genitive)
Raupen (plural)
Räupchen (diminutive neuter)
Räuplein (diminutive neuter)
Raupe (nominative singular)
Raupen (definite nominative plural)
Raupe (genitive singular)
Raupen (definite genitive plural)
Raupe (dative singular)
Raupen (dative definite plural)
Raupe (accusative singular)
Raupen (accusative definite plural)

From northern Middle High German rūpe, from Middle Low German rūpe, itself perhaps from Proto-Germanic *rūpō and then probably related with *raupijaną, whence German raufen (“to pluck, pick, harvest”). Cognate with Middle Dutch rupe, whence dialectal Dutch ruip. Also related with standard Dutch rups.

m+

Short for Planierraupe (“caterpillar or caterpillar tractor”).


Bockkäfer

de-noun

Bockkäfer m (strong, genitive Bockkäfers, plural Bockkäfer)

Bockkäfers (genitive)
Bockkäfer (plural)
Bockkäfer (nominative singular)
Bockkäfer (definite nominative plural)
Bockkäfers (genitive singular)
Bockkäfer (definite genitive plural)
Bockkäfer (dative singular)
Bockkäfern (dative definite plural)
Bockkäfer (accusative singular)
Bockkäfer (accusative definite plural)

/ˈbɔkˌkɛːfɐ/

From Bock (“he-goat”) + Käfer (“beetle”).


Silberfischchen

Silberfischchen n (strong, genitive Silberfischchens, plural Silberfischchen)

Silberfischchens (genitive)
Silberfischchen (plural)
Silberfischchen (nominative singular)
Silberfischchen (definite nominative plural)
Silberfischchens (genitive singular)
Silberfischchen (definite genitive plural)
Silberfischchen (dative singular)
Silberfischchen (dative definite plural)
Silberfischchen (accusative singular)
Silberfischchen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈzɪlbɐˌfɪʃçən/

Mid-19th century, from Silber (“silver”) + Fischchen (literally “little fish”), which latter had already been used in this sense on its own. As in English silverfish, the name is based on the somewhat fish-like form as well as movement of the insect.


Silberfisch

de-noun

Silberfisch m (strong, genitive Silberfisches or Silberfischs, plural Silberfische)

Silberfisches (genitive)
Silberfischs (genitive)
Silberfische (plural)
Silberfisch (nominative singular)
Silberfische (definite nominative plural)
Silberfisches (genitive singular)
Silberfischs (genitive singular)
Silberfische (definite genitive plural)
Silberfisch (dative singular)
Silberfische (dative singular)
Silberfischen (dative definite plural)
Silberfisch (accusative singular)
Silberfische (accusative definite plural)

From Silber (“silver”) + Fisch (“fish”). In the name of the insect a backformation from Silberfischchen, itself an extended form of older Fischchen.

(archaic) different kinds of silver-coloured fish


Laternenträger

Laternenträger m (strong, genitive Laternenträgers, plural Laternenträger)

Laternenträgers (genitive)
Laternenträger (plural)
Laternenträger (nominative singular)
Laternenträger (definite nominative plural)
Laternenträgers (genitive singular)
Laternenträger (definite genitive plural)
Laternenträger (dative singular)
Laternenträgern (dative definite plural)
Laternenträger (accusative singular)
Laternenträger (accusative definite plural)

Laterne (“lantern”) + Träger (“carrier”)


Blauflügelige Ödlandschrecke

de-noun

Blauflügelige Ödlandschrecke f (definite nominative die Blauflügelige Ödlandschrecke, genitive Blauflügeliger Ödlandschrecke, definite genitive der Blauflügeligen Ödlandschrecke, plural Blauflügelige Ödlandschrecken, definite plural die Blauflügeligen Ödlandschrecken)

die Blauflügelige Ödlandschrecke (definite nominative)
Blauflügeliger Ödlandschrecke (genitive)
der Blauflügeligen Ödlandschrecke (definite genitive)
Blauflügelige Ödlandschrecken (plural)
die Blauflügeligen Ödlandschrecken (definite plural)

blau (“blue”) + flügelig (“winged”) + Ödland (“wasteland”) + Schrecke (“grasshopper”).

com

blue-winged grasshopper
blue-winged grasshopper


Schrecke

de-noun

Schrecke f (genitive Schrecke, plural Schrecken)

Schrecke (genitive)
Schrecken (plural)
Schrecke (nominative singular)
Schrecken (definite nominative plural)
Schrecke (genitive singular)
Schrecken (definite genitive plural)
Schrecke (dative singular)
Schrecken (dative definite plural)
Schrecke (accusative singular)
Schrecken (accusative definite plural)

Clipping of Heuschrecke, but so already in Middle High German schrecke.


Floh

Floh m (strong, genitive Flohes or Flohs, plural Flöhe, diminutive Flöhchen n)

Flohes (genitive)
Flohs (genitive)
Flöhe (plural)
Flöhchen (diminutive neuter)
Floh (nominative singular)
Flöhe (definite nominative plural)
Flohes (genitive singular)
Flohs (genitive singular)
Flöhe (definite genitive plural)
Floh (dative singular)
Flohe (dative singular)
Flöhen (dative definite plural)
Floh (accusative singular)
Flöhe (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German vlō, from Old High German flōh, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh.
Compare Low German Flo, Dutch vlo, English flea, Icelandic fló.


Hornisse

Hornisse f (genitive Hornisse, plural Hornissen)

Hornisse (genitive)
Hornissen (plural)
Hornisse (nominative singular)
Hornissen (definite nominative plural)
Hornisse (genitive singular)
Hornissen (definite genitive plural)
Hornisse (dative singular)
Hornissen (dative definite plural)
Hornisse (accusative singular)
Hornissen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German horniz, hornuz, from Old High German hurniz, hornuz, hornaz, from Proto-West Germanic *hurnutu. Cognate Dutch hoorn, hoorntje, English hornet.


Bremse

Bremse f (genitive Bremse, plural Bremsen)

Bremse (genitive)
Bremsen (plural)
Bremse (nominative singular)
Bremsen (definite nominative plural)
Bremse (genitive singular)
Bremsen (definite genitive plural)
Bremse (dative singular)
Bremsen (dative definite plural)
Bremse (accusative singular)
Bremsen (accusative definite plural)

→ Swedish: broms

From Middle High German bremse, borrowed from Middle Low German premese (“twitch for horses”), from the verb pramen (“to clamp”), with further origin unclear (DWDS).

der

(archaic) any kind of clamp that restricts movement

in particular, a twitch wherewith particularly in veterinary medicine body parts of a beast (face, testicles etc.) are pinched to perform surgical or similar operations


Bremse

From Middle Low German brēmse, borrowed from Old Saxon brimissa, from *brummōn, from Proto-West Germanic *brummōn (“to buzz, drone”).
This form superseded High German Breme (now archaic), from Middle High German breme, from Old High German brema. The form brimissa did exist in Old High German, but both the phonetic development and the attestations prove that it is not the direct source of the modern word.

horsefly, breezefly, gadfly (fly of the family Tabanidae)


Hermelin

de-noun

Hermelin n (strong, genitive Hermelins, plural Hermeline)

Hermelins (genitive)
Hermeline (plural)
Hermelin (nominative singular)
Hermeline (definite nominative plural)
Hermelins (genitive singular)
Hermeline (definite genitive plural)
Hermelin (dative singular)
Hermelinen (dative definite plural)
Hermelin (accusative singular)
Hermeline (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German hermelīn, from Old High German harmilī, diminutive of harmo (“ermine”), from Proto-Germanic *harmô. Cognates outside Germanic only in Latvian sermulis and Lithuanian šarmuõ, šermuõ.
The monophthong -i- in modern German (alongside obsolete Hermlein, Hermelein) as well as the final stress can be explained natively, as being from a non-diphthongising dialect on the one hand, and by comparing the irregular stress shift in such words as Holunder, Wacholder, lebendig on the other. However, it seems likely that both developments were reinforced by Romance words such as Italian ermellino, armellino, French hermine. The origin of these latter is contested; they are either borrowed from Germanic or go back to an unrelated Medieval Latin Armenius mūs (literally “Armenian mouse”).

der

Mustela erminea
Mustela erminea#Translingual


Imme

Imme (genitive)
Immen (plural)
Imme (nominative singular)
Immen (definite nominative plural)
Imme (genitive singular)
Immen (definite genitive plural)
Imme (dative singular)
Immen (dative definite plural)
Imme (accusative singular)
Immen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German imbe (“bee; swarm of bees”), from Old High German imbi (“swarm of bees”).

Ymmen

sense: bee; plural; Early New High German

Impen

sense: bee; plural; chiefly Early New High German

1758, E. A. W., "Beantwortung der Aufgabe, wie der junge Schwarm von der alten Imme heruntergebracht werden könne", in Hannov. nützl. Samml., quoted in Johann Georg Krünitz, Das Wesentlichste der Bienen-Geschichte und Bienen-Zucht für den Naturliebhaber, Landmann und Gelehrten, publ. by Joachim Pauli (1774), pages 181 and 182.
Der Hr. Verf. hält sich durch angestellte Versuche und vielfältige Erfahrung überzeugt, daß eine Imme, bei welcher der alte Weiser sich noch befindet, zum Schwärmen fertig ist, und doch nicht abfliegen will, badei keine andere Absicht habe, als daß sie vorher erst die Drohnenscheiben, aus welchen die Drohnen bereits ausgekommen sind, wieder mit neuen besetzen wolle, und daß man, diese ihre Absicht zu vereiteln, sich bemühen müsse, indem man das Gewirk, aus welchem die Drohnen entweder ganz, oder mehrentheils, ausgekrocken, wegschneidet oder herausreißet.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

[…]wenn einem eine Imme (Bienenschwarm) entfleucht, […]

1990, Dr. Siegfried Anger, “Die Biene Im Volksglauben, Volksbrauch und Recht des alten Holstein”, in Die Neue Bienenzucht, page 14:

… when an Imme (swarm of bees) gets away, …


Krebs

de-noun

Krebs m (strong, genitive Krebses, plural Krebse)

Krebses (genitive)
Krebse (plural)
Krebs (nominative singular)
Krebse (definite nominative plural)
Krebses (genitive singular)
Krebse (definite genitive plural)
Krebs (dative singular)
Krebse (dative singular)
Krebsen (dative definite plural)
Krebs (accusative singular)
Krebse (accusative definite plural)

→ Danish: krebs

→ German Low German: Krebs

→ Norwegian Bokmål: kreps

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kreps

→ Saterland Frisian: Krääps

→ Scanian: krævs

→ Yiddish: קרעבס (krebs)

From Middle High German krebz, krebez, krebeze, from Old High German crebiz, krebiz, from Proto-West Germanic *krabit, from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”), see also Old Prussian gīrbin (“number”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to scratch, etch”), Dutch kreeft.
The sense “cancer” is a semantic loan from Latin cancer. By metathesis from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”); applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab.


Schabe

de-noun

Schabe f (genitive Schabe, plural Schaben)

Schabe (genitive)
Schaben (plural)
Schabe (nominative singular)
Schaben (definite nominative plural)
Schabe (genitive singular)
Schaben (definite genitive plural)
Schabe (dative singular)
Schaben (dative definite plural)
Schabe (accusative singular)
Schaben (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German schabe (“scraper, chaff, moulding; moth, cockroach”), from Old High German scaba (“scraper, plane”), from Proto-Germanic *skabō (“scraper”).
Cognate with Dutch schaaf (“plane”). Also related to German Low German Schabbe (“mange, scabies”), English scab.


Wespe

Wespe (genitive)
Wespen (plural)
Wespe (nominative singular)
Wespen (definite nominative plural)
Wespe (genitive singular)
Wespen (definite genitive plural)
Wespe (dative singular)
Wespen (dative definite plural)
Wespe (accusative singular)
Wespen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German wefse, webse, wespe, from Old High German wefsa. The forms with -sp- come from Middle Low German wespe, from Old Saxon waspa (10th century, alongside older wepsia), spreading to Middle High German in the 12th century.
Some Upper German dialects retain the original consonantism to this day, e.g. Swabian Wefz, Bavarian Weps, Wepsn, Webasn, Webes. The spread of -sp- was reinforced, if not triggered, by Latin vespa. Popular association with the verb wispeln from Old High German hwispalōn (“to whir, to whisper”) is also likely; compare Central Franconian Wespel (“wasp”). Both the High German and the Low German forms go back to Proto-West Germanic *waspijā, a variant of *wapsu.
Cognates include Dutch wesp, English wasp, French guêpe. These are often traced back to Proto-Germanic *wapsō, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), pertaining to *webʰ- (“to weave”). There are some formal problems to this particular reconstruction, however, most importantly the fact that Proto-Germanic *wapsō is an anomalous form lacking the expected effect of Primärberührung.


Gottesanbeterin

de-noun

Gottesanbeterin f (genitive Gottesanbeterin, plural Gottesanbeterinnen)

Gottesanbeterin (genitive)
Gottesanbeterinnen (plural)
Gottesanbeterin (nominative singular)
Gottesanbeterinnen (definite nominative plural)
Gottesanbeterin (genitive singular)
Gottesanbeterinnen (definite genitive plural)
Gottesanbeterin (dative singular)
Gottesanbeterinnen (dative definite plural)
Gottesanbeterin (accusative singular)
Gottesanbeterinnen (accusative definite plural)

Gott (“God”) + -es- + Anbeterin (“female worshipper”)


Gespenstschrecke

de-noun

Gespenstschrecke f (genitive Gespenstschrecke, plural Gespenstschrecken)

Gespenstschrecke (genitive)
Gespenstschrecken (plural)
Gespenstschrecke (nominative singular)
Gespenstschrecken (definite nominative plural)
Gespenstschrecke (genitive singular)
Gespenstschrecken (definite genitive plural)
Gespenstschrecke (dative singular)
Gespenstschrecken (dative definite plural)
Gespenstschrecke (accusative singular)
Gespenstschrecken (accusative definite plural)

/ɡəˈʃpɛnstˌʃʁɛkə/


Holzwurm

Holzwurm m (strong, genitive Holzwurmes or Holzwurms, plural Holzwürmer)

Holzwurmes (genitive)
Holzwurms (genitive)
Holzwürmer (plural)
Holzwurm (nominative singular)
Holzwürmer (definite nominative plural)
Holzwurmes (genitive singular)
Holzwurms (genitive singular)
Holzwürmer (definite genitive plural)
Holzwurm (dative singular)
Holzwurme (dative singular)
Holzwürmern (dative definite plural)
Holzwurm (accusative singular)
Holzwürmer (accusative definite plural)


Marienkäfer

Marienkäfer m (strong, genitive Marienkäfers, plural Marienkäfer, diminutive Marienkäferchen n or Marienkäferlein n)

Marienkäfers (genitive)
Marienkäfer (plural)
Marienkäferchen (diminutive neuter)
Marienkäferlein (diminutive neuter)
Marienkäfer (nominative singular)
Marienkäfer (definite nominative plural)
Marienkäfers (genitive singular)
Marienkäfer (definite genitive plural)
Marienkäfer (dative singular)
Marienkäfern (dative definite plural)
Marienkäfer (accusative singular)
Marienkäfer (accusative definite plural)

From Marien- (cf. genitive forms: Mariens, Mariä, Marias, der Maria (i.e. of the Mary)), a bound morpheme derived from Maria (“Maria, Mary”) + Käfer (“beetle”). Compare ladybird and ladybug, where “lady” refers to the Virgin Mary.

compound

ladybug / lady-bug, ladybird / lady-bird


Maikäfer

de-noun

Maikäfer m (strong, genitive Maikäfers, plural Maikäfer)

Maikäfers (genitive)
Maikäfer (plural)
Maikäfer (nominative singular)
Maikäfer (definite nominative plural)
Maikäfers (genitive singular)
Maikäfer (definite genitive plural)
Maikäfer (dative singular)
Maikäfern (dative definite plural)
Maikäfer (accusative singular)
Maikäfer (accusative definite plural)

/ˈmaɪ̯ˌkɛːfɐ/

From Mai (“May”) + Käfer (“beetle, bug”).

cockchafer, May bug (large European beetle from the genus Melolontha)


Assel

Assel (genitive)
Asseln (plural)
Assel (nominative singular)
Asseln (definite nominative plural)
Assel (genitive singular)
Asseln (definite genitive plural)
Assel (dative singular)
Asseln (dative definite plural)
Assel (accusative singular)
Asseln (accusative definite plural)

Perhaps from Latin asellus (“little donkey”) (because of the grey colour).


Bienenstock

Bienenstock m (strong, genitive Bienenstockes or Bienenstocks, plural Bienenstöcke)

Bienenstockes (genitive)
Bienenstocks (genitive)
Bienenstöcke (plural)
Bienenstock (nominative singular)
Bienenstöcke (definite nominative plural)
Bienenstockes (genitive singular)
Bienenstocks (genitive singular)
Bienenstöcke (definite genitive plural)
Bienenstock (dative singular)
Bienenstocke (dative singular)
Bienenstöcken (dative definite plural)
Bienenstock (accusative singular)
Bienenstöcke (accusative definite plural)

From Biene (“bee”) + -n- + Stock (“stock, store”).

affix

hive, beehive (artificial structure for housing bees, including the swarm and its combs)


Kakerlake

de-noun

Kakerlake f (genitive Kakerlake, plural Kakerlaken)

Kakerlake (genitive)
Kakerlaken (plural)
Kakerlake (nominative singular)
Kakerlaken (definite nominative plural)
Kakerlake (genitive singular)
Kakerlaken (definite genitive plural)
Kakerlake (dative singular)
Kakerlaken (dative definite plural)
Kakerlake (accusative singular)
Kakerlaken (accusative definite plural)

Formed back from the plural Kakerlaken of Kakerlak, which is the more original form of the word. The latter from Dutch kakkerlak.


Borkenkäfer

Borkenkäfer m (strong, genitive Borkenkäfers, plural Borkenkäfer)

Borkenkäfers (genitive)
Borkenkäfer (plural)
Borkenkäfer (nominative singular)
Borkenkäfer (definite nominative plural)
Borkenkäfers (genitive singular)
Borkenkäfer (definite genitive plural)
Borkenkäfer (dative singular)
Borkenkäfern (dative definite plural)
Borkenkäfer (accusative singular)
Borkenkäfer (accusative definite plural)

[ˈbɔʁ.kŋ̍ˌkɛː.fɐ]


Bücherwurm

Bücherwurm m (strong, genitive Bücherwurmes or Bücherwurms, plural Bücherwürmer)

Bücherwurmes (genitive)
Bücherwurms (genitive)
Bücherwürmer (plural)
Bücherwurm (nominative singular)
Bücherwürmer (definite nominative plural)
Bücherwurmes (genitive singular)
Bücherwurms (genitive singular)
Bücherwürmer (definite genitive plural)
Bücherwurm (dative singular)
Bücherwurme (dative singular)
Bücherwürmern (dative definite plural)
Bücherwurm (accusative singular)
Bücherwürmer (accusative definite plural)

/ˈbyːçɐˌvʊʁm/


Feuerameise

Feuerameise f (genitive Feuerameise, plural Feuerameisen)

Feuerameise (genitive)
Feuerameisen (plural)
Feuerameise (nominative singular)
Feuerameisen (definite nominative plural)
Feuerameise (genitive singular)
Feuerameisen (definite genitive plural)
Feuerameise (dative singular)
Feuerameisen (dative definite plural)
Feuerameise (accusative singular)
Feuerameisen (accusative definite plural)


Rote Waldameise

Rote Waldameise f (genitive Rote Waldameise, plural Rote Waldameisen)

Rote Waldameise (genitive)
Rote Waldameisen (plural)

southern wood ant, horse ant, Formica rufa


Honigtopfameise

Honigtopfameise f (genitive Honigtopfameise, plural Honigtopfameisen)

Honigtopfameise (genitive)
Honigtopfameisen (plural)
Honigtopfameise (nominative singular)
Honigtopfameisen (definite nominative plural)
Honigtopfameise (genitive singular)
Honigtopfameisen (definite genitive plural)
Honigtopfameise (dative singular)
Honigtopfameisen (dative definite plural)
Honigtopfameise (accusative singular)
Honigtopfameisen (accusative definite plural)


Amazonenameise

Amazonenameise f (genitive Amazonenameise, plural Amazonenameisen)

Amazonenameise (genitive)
Amazonenameisen (plural)
Amazonenameise (nominative singular)
Amazonenameisen (definite nominative plural)
Amazonenameise (genitive singular)
Amazonenameisen (definite genitive plural)
Amazonenameise (dative singular)
Amazonenameisen (dative definite plural)
Amazonenameise (accusative singular)
Amazonenameisen (accusative definite plural)

Polyergus rufescens, an ant from the family Formicidae


Nachtfalter

Nachtfalter m (strong, genitive Nachtfalters, plural Nachtfalter)

Nachtfalters (genitive)
Nachtfalter (plural)
Nachtfalter (nominative singular)
Nachtfalter (definite nominative plural)
Nachtfalters (genitive singular)
Nachtfalter (definite genitive plural)
Nachtfalter (dative singular)
Nachtfaltern (dative definite plural)
Nachtfalter (accusative singular)
Nachtfalter (accusative definite plural)

moth (insect similar to a butterfly; especially any nocturnal species of the Macrolepidoptera grouping)


Pseudoskorpion

Pseudoskorpion m (strong, genitive Pseudoskorpiones or Pseudoskorpions, plural Pseudoskorpione)

Pseudoskorpiones (genitive)
Pseudoskorpions (genitive)
Pseudoskorpione (plural)

Pseudo (“pseudo”) + Skorpion (“scorpion”)


Harpyie

de-noun

Harpyie f (genitive Harpyie, plural Harpyien)

Harpyie (genitive)
Harpyien (plural)
Harpyie (nominative singular)
Harpyien (definite nominative plural)
Harpyie (genitive singular)
Harpyien (definite genitive plural)
Harpyie (dative singular)
Harpyien (dative definite plural)
Harpyie (accusative singular)
Harpyien (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅρπυια (Hárpuia).

bor+

de:Harpyie
de:Harpyie (Mythologie)
de:Harpyie (Vogel)

Harpia harpyja
Harpia harpyja#Translingual


Tagpfauenauge

de-noun

Tagpfauenauge n (mixed, genitive Tagpfauenauges, plural Tagpfauenaugen)

Tagpfauenauges (genitive)
Tagpfauenaugen (plural)
Tagpfauenauge (nominative singular)
Tagpfauenaugen (definite nominative plural)
Tagpfauenauges (genitive singular)
Tagpfauenaugen (definite genitive plural)
Tagpfauenauge (dative singular)
Tagpfauenaugen (dative definite plural)
Tagpfauenauge (accusative singular)
Tagpfauenaugen (accusative definite plural)

From Tag (“day”) + Pfau (“peacock”) + -en- + Auge (“eye”).


Nachtpfauenauge

de-noun

Nachtpfauenauge n (mixed, genitive Nachtpfauenauges, plural Nachtpfauenaugen)

Nachtpfauenauges (genitive)
Nachtpfauenaugen (plural)
Nachtpfauenauge (nominative singular)
Nachtpfauenaugen (definite nominative plural)
Nachtpfauenauges (genitive singular)
Nachtpfauenaugen (definite genitive plural)
Nachtpfauenauge (dative singular)
Nachtpfauenaugen (dative definite plural)
Nachtpfauenauge (accusative singular)
Nachtpfauenaugen (accusative definite plural)

From Nacht (“night”) + Pfau (“peacock”) + -en- + Auge (“eye”).


C-Falter

de-noun

C-Falter m (strong, genitive C-Falters, plural C-Falter)

C-Falters (genitive)
C-Falter (plural)
C-Falter (nominative singular)
C-Falter (definite nominative plural)
C-Falters (genitive singular)
C-Falter (definite genitive plural)
C-Falter (dative singular)
C-Faltern (dative definite plural)
C-Falter (accusative singular)
C-Falter (accusative definite plural)


Kopflaus

Kopflaus f (genitive Kopflaus, plural Kopfläuse)

Kopflaus (genitive)
Kopfläuse (plural)
Kopflaus (nominative singular)
Kopfläuse (definite nominative plural)
Kopflaus (genitive singular)
Kopfläuse (definite genitive plural)
Kopflaus (dative singular)
Kopfläusen (dative definite plural)
Kopflaus (accusative singular)
Kopfläuse (accusative definite plural)


Weberknecht

Weberknecht m (strong, genitive Weberknechtes or Weberknechts, plural Weberknechte)

Weberknechtes (genitive)
Weberknechts (genitive)
Weberknechte (plural)


Garnele

Garnele f (genitive Garnele, plural Garnelen)

Garnele (genitive)
Garnelen (plural)
Garnele (nominative singular)
Garnelen (definite nominative plural)
Garnele (genitive singular)
Garnelen (definite genitive plural)
Garnele (dative singular)
Garnelen (dative definite plural)
Garnele (accusative singular)
Garnelen (accusative definite plural)

common; particularly northern and central Germany

Borrowed from Dutch garnaal, earlier also garneel. Further origin unknown.


Honigbiene

Honigbiene f (genitive Honigbiene, plural Honigbienen)

Honigbiene (genitive)
Honigbienen (plural)
Honigbiene (nominative singular)
Honigbienen (definite nominative plural)
Honigbiene (genitive singular)
Honigbienen (definite genitive plural)
Honigbiene (dative singular)
Honigbienen (dative definite plural)
Honigbiene (accusative singular)
Honigbienen (accusative definite plural)


Tarantel

Tarantel f (genitive Tarantel, plural Taranteln)

Tarantel (genitive)
Taranteln (plural)
Tarantel (nominative singular)
Taranteln (definite nominative plural)
Tarantel (genitive singular)
Taranteln (definite genitive plural)
Tarantel (dative singular)
Taranteln (dative definite plural)
Tarantel (accusative singular)
Taranteln (accusative definite plural)

(obsolete) the disused wolf spider genus Tarentula


Dukatenfalter

Dukatenfalter m (strong, genitive Dukatenfalters, plural Dukatenfalter)

Dukatenfalters (genitive)
Dukatenfalter (plural)
Dukatenfalter (nominative singular)
Dukatenfalter (definite nominative plural)
Dukatenfalters (genitive singular)
Dukatenfalter (definite genitive plural)
Dukatenfalter (dative singular)
Dukatenfaltern (dative definite plural)
Dukatenfalter (accusative singular)
Dukatenfalter (accusative definite plural)

Dukat or Dukate "ducat" + Falter "butterfly"

scarce copper, Lycaena virgaureae (butterfly)


Ameisenhaufen

Ameisenhaufen m (strong, genitive Ameisenhaufens, plural Ameisenhaufen)

Ameisenhaufens (genitive)
Ameisenhaufen (plural)
Ameisenhaufen (nominative singular)
Ameisenhaufen (definite nominative plural)
Ameisenhaufens (genitive singular)
Ameisenhaufen (definite genitive plural)
Ameisenhaufen (dative singular)
Ameisenhaufen (dative definite plural)
Ameisenhaufen (accusative singular)
Ameisenhaufen (accusative definite plural)

anthill (a home built by ants resembling a small hill)


Krebstier

Krebstier n (strong, genitive Krebstieres or Krebstiers, plural Krebstiere)

Krebstieres (genitive)
Krebstiers (genitive)
Krebstiere (plural)
Krebstier (nominative singular)
Krebstiere (definite nominative plural)
Krebstieres (genitive singular)
Krebstiers (genitive singular)
Krebstiere (definite genitive plural)
Krebstier (dative singular)
Krebstiere (dative singular)
Krebstieren (dative definite plural)
Krebstier (accusative singular)
Krebstiere (accusative definite plural)

Zu den Schalen- und Krustentieren werden verschiedene Arten von essbaren Weichtieren, Krebstieren und Stachelhäutern gezählt.

Shellfish include various species of edible molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms.


Krustentier

Krustentier n (strong, genitive Krustentieres or Krustentiers, plural Krustentiere)

Krustentieres (genitive)
Krustentiers (genitive)
Krustentiere (plural)
Krustentier (nominative singular)
Krustentiere (definite nominative plural)
Krustentieres (genitive singular)
Krustentiers (genitive singular)
Krustentiere (definite genitive plural)
Krustentier (dative singular)
Krustentiere (dative singular)
Krustentieren (dative definite plural)
Krustentier (accusative singular)
Krustentiere (accusative definite plural)

Kruste (“crust”) + -n- + Tier (“animal”)


Milbe

Milbe (genitive)
Milben (plural)
Milbe (nominative singular)
Milben (definite nominative plural)
Milbe (genitive singular)
Milben (definite genitive plural)
Milbe (dative singular)
Milben (dative definite plural)
Milbe (accusative singular)
Milben (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German milwe, milewe, from Old High German miliwa. Cognate with archaic Dutch meluw (“woodlouse”), Middle Low German mēle (“mite”). Further related with German mahlen (“to grind”), Mehl (“flour”), English meal (“coarse flour”).
Also compare Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍉 (malō, “moth”) and Swedish mal (“moth”), which could be related.


Bienenkönigin

de-noun

Bienenkönigin f (genitive Bienenkönigin, plural Bienenköniginnen)

Bienenkönigin (genitive)
Bienenköniginnen (plural)
Bienenkönigin (nominative singular)
Bienenköniginnen (definite nominative plural)
Bienenkönigin (genitive singular)
Bienenköniginnen (definite genitive plural)
Bienenkönigin (dative singular)
Bienenköniginnen (dative definite plural)
Bienenkönigin (accusative singular)
Bienenköniginnen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈbiːnənˌkøːnɪɡɪn/

From Biene (“bee”) + -n- + Königin (“queen”).


Leuchtkäfer

Leuchtkäfer m (strong, genitive Leuchtkäfers, plural Leuchtkäfer)

Leuchtkäfers (genitive)
Leuchtkäfer (plural)
Leuchtkäfer (nominative singular)
Leuchtkäfer (definite nominative plural)
Leuchtkäfers (genitive singular)
Leuchtkäfer (definite genitive plural)
Leuchtkäfer (dative singular)
Leuchtkäfern (dative definite plural)
Leuchtkäfer (accusative singular)
Leuchtkäfer (accusative definite plural)

/ˈlɔʏ̯çtˌkɛːfɐ/

leucht(en) (“shine, glow”) + Käfer (“beetle”)


Herbstgrasmilbe

de-noun

Herbstgrasmilbe f (genitive Herbstgrasmilbe, plural Herbstgrasmilben)

Herbstgrasmilbe (genitive)
Herbstgrasmilben (plural)
Herbstgrasmilbe (nominative singular)
Herbstgrasmilben (definite nominative plural)
Herbstgrasmilbe (genitive singular)
Herbstgrasmilben (definite genitive plural)
Herbstgrasmilbe (dative singular)
Herbstgrasmilben (dative definite plural)
Herbstgrasmilbe (accusative singular)
Herbstgrasmilben (accusative definite plural)


Käsemilbe

Käsemilbe f (genitive Käsemilbe, plural Käsemilben)

Käsemilbe (genitive)
Käsemilben (plural)
Käsemilbe (nominative singular)
Käsemilben (definite nominative plural)
Käsemilbe (genitive singular)
Käsemilben (definite genitive plural)
Käsemilbe (dative singular)
Käsemilben (dative definite plural)
Käsemilbe (accusative singular)
Käsemilben (accusative definite plural)

/ˈkɛːzəˌmɪlbə/

Audio


Ameisenkönigin

Ameisenkönigin f (genitive Ameisenkönigin, plural Ameisenköniginnen)

Ameisenkönigin (genitive)
Ameisenköniginnen (plural)
Ameisenkönigin (nominative singular)
Ameisenköniginnen (definite nominative plural)
Ameisenkönigin (genitive singular)
Ameisenköniginnen (definite genitive plural)
Ameisenkönigin (dative singular)
Ameisenköniginnen (dative definite plural)
Ameisenkönigin (accusative singular)
Ameisenköniginnen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈaːmaɪ̯zn̩ˌkøːnɪɡɪn/

Ameise (“ant”) + -n- + Königin (“queen”)


Weisel

de-noun

Weisel m (strong, genitive Weisels, plural Weisel)

Weisel (only in technical usage) f (genitive Weisel, plural Weiseln)

Weisels (genitive)
Weisel (plural)
in technical usage
Weisel (genitive)
Weiseln (plural)
Weisel (nominative singular)
Weisel (definite nominative plural)
Weisels (genitive singular)
Weisel (definite genitive plural)
Weisel (dative singular)
Weiseln (dative definite plural)
Weisel (accusative singular)
Weisel (accusative definite plural)
Weisel (nominative singular)
Weiseln (definite nominative plural)
Weisel (genitive singular)
Weiseln (definite genitive plural)
Weisel (dative singular)
Weiseln (dative definite plural)
Weisel (accusative singular)
Weiseln (accusative definite plural)

Inherited from Middle High German wīsel (“leader”); equivalent to weisen (“to show, to indicate”) + -el.


Weisel

de-noun

der Weisel m (strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Weisels, no definite plural)

der Weisel (canonical masculine)
des Weisels (definite genitive)
Weisel (definite nominative singular)
Weisels (definite genitive singular)
Weisel (dative definite singular)
Weisel (accusative definite singular)

jemandem den Weisel geben

to dismiss or reject someone (literally, “to give someone the boot”)

den Weisel bekommen

to be dismissed or rejected (literally, “to get the boot”)

(Austria, colloquial) nudge, boot (rejection or dismissal)


Zikade

Zikade f (genitive Zikade, plural Zikaden)

Zikade (genitive)
Zikaden (plural)
Zikade (nominative singular)
Zikaden (definite nominative plural)
Zikade (genitive singular)
Zikaden (definite genitive plural)
Zikade (dative singular)
Zikaden (dative definite plural)
Zikade (accusative singular)
Zikaden (accusative definite plural)

Dazu zirpten unzählige Zikaden, schillernde Libellen schossen surrend durch die Luft, […]

1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8

In addition countless cicadas chirped, iridescent dragonflies shot buzzingly through the air, […]

cicada (any hemipteran of the suborder Auchenorrhyncha)


Glucke

Glucke f (genitive Glucke, plural Glucken)

Glucke (genitive)
Glucken (plural)
Glucke (nominative singular)
Glucken (definite nominative plural)
Glucke (genitive singular)
Glucken (definite genitive plural)
Glucke (dative singular)
Glucken (dative definite plural)
Glucke (accusative singular)
Glucken (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German klucke, derived from the verb klucken (“to cluck”), from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną, of onomatopoeic origin. The g- by dissimilation.

Klucke

northern and central Germany, still widely spoken, occasionally written

cauliflower mushroom
cauliflower mushroom

cauliflower mushroom (mushroom of the genus Sparassis)


Eismeergarnele

Eismeergarnele f (genitive Eismeergarnele, plural Eismeergarnelen)

Eismeergarnele (genitive)
Eismeergarnelen (plural)
Eismeergarnele (nominative singular)
Eismeergarnelen (definite nominative plural)
Eismeergarnele (genitive singular)
Eismeergarnelen (definite genitive plural)
Eismeergarnele (dative singular)
Eismeergarnelen (dative definite plural)
Eismeergarnele (accusative singular)
Eismeergarnelen (accusative definite plural)

Eismeer (“polar sea”) + Garnele (“shrimp”)

affix

great northern prawn
great northern prawn

Pandalus borealis
Pandalus borealis#Translingual

pink shrimp, deepwater prawn, deep-sea prawn, great northern prawn, crevette nordique, northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis)


Granat

de-noun

Granat m (strong, genitive Granats, plural Granate)

Granats (genitive)
Granate (plural)
Granat (nominative singular)
Granate (definite nominative plural)
Granats (genitive singular)
Granate (definite genitive plural)
Granat (dative singular)
Granaten (dative definite plural)
Granat (accusative singular)
Granate (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German grānāt which was borrowed from Medieval Latin granatus, most likely a substantivized masculine form of *lapis granatus.. More at Granatapfel.
The term Granat in the sense of shrimp was borrowed from Middle Low German garner, garnat or garnol, itself borrowed from Middle Dutch grenat (as spoken in Flanders).


Mistkäfer

Mistkäfer m (strong, genitive Mistkäfers, plural Mistkäfer)

Mistkäfers (genitive)
Mistkäfer (plural)
Mistkäfer (nominative singular)
Mistkäfer (definite nominative plural)
Mistkäfers (genitive singular)
Mistkäfer (definite genitive plural)
Mistkäfer (dative singular)
Mistkäfern (dative definite plural)
Mistkäfer (accusative singular)
Mistkäfer (accusative definite plural)

From Mist (“manure”) + Käfer (“beetle”).


Postillion

Postillion m (strong, genitive Postillions, plural Postillione)

Postillions (genitive)
Postillione (plural)
Postillion (nominative singular)
Postillione (definite nominative plural)
Postillions (genitive singular)
Postillione (definite genitive plural)
Postillion (dative singular)
Postillionen (dative definite plural)
Postillion (accusative singular)
Postillione (accusative definite plural)


Krevette

Krevette f (genitive Krevette, plural Krevetten)

Krevette (genitive)
Krevetten (plural)
Krevette (nominative singular)
Krevetten (definite nominative plural)
Krevette (genitive singular)
Krevetten (definite genitive plural)
Krevette (dative singular)
Krevetten (dative definite plural)
Krevette (accusative singular)
Krevetten (accusative definite plural)


Ameisenhügel

Ameisenhügel m (strong, genitive Ameisenhügels, plural Ameisenhügel)

Ameisenhügels (genitive)
Ameisenhügel (plural)
Ameisenhügel (nominative singular)
Ameisenhügel (definite nominative plural)
Ameisenhügels (genitive singular)
Ameisenhügel (definite genitive plural)
Ameisenhügel (dative singular)
Ameisenhügeln (dative definite plural)
Ameisenhügel (accusative singular)
Ameisenhügel (accusative definite plural)


Zeckenlarve

Zeckenlarve f (genitive Zeckenlarve, plural Zeckenlarven)

Zeckenlarve (genitive)
Zeckenlarven (plural)
Zeckenlarve (nominative singular)
Zeckenlarven (definite nominative plural)
Zeckenlarve (genitive singular)
Zeckenlarven (definite genitive plural)
Zeckenlarve (dative singular)
Zeckenlarven (dative definite plural)
Zeckenlarve (accusative singular)
Zeckenlarven (accusative definite plural)


Zeckennymphe

Zeckennymphe f (genitive Zeckennymphe, plural Zeckennymphen)

Zeckennymphe (genitive)
Zeckennymphen (plural)
Zeckennymphe (nominative singular)
Zeckennymphen (definite nominative plural)
Zeckennymphe (genitive singular)
Zeckennymphen (definite genitive plural)
Zeckennymphe (dative singular)
Zeckennymphen (dative definite plural)
Zeckennymphe (accusative singular)
Zeckennymphen (accusative definite plural)


Landassel

Landassel f (genitive Landassel, plural Landasseln)

Landassel (genitive)
Landasseln (plural)
Landassel (nominative singular)
Landasseln (definite nominative plural)
Landassel (genitive singular)
Landasseln (definite genitive plural)
Landassel (dative singular)
Landasseln (dative definite plural)
Landassel (accusative singular)
Landasseln (accusative definite plural)

Any member in the suborder Oniscidea; a woodlouse


Mauerassel

Mauerassel f (genitive Mauerassel, plural Mauerasseln)

Mauerassel (genitive)
Mauerasseln (plural)
Mauerassel (nominative singular)
Mauerasseln (definite nominative plural)
Mauerassel (genitive singular)
Mauerasseln (definite genitive plural)
Mauerassel (dative singular)
Mauerasseln (dative definite plural)
Mauerassel (accusative singular)
Mauerasseln (accusative definite plural)


Kellerassel

Kellerassel f (genitive Kellerassel, plural Kellerasseln)

Kellerassel (genitive)
Kellerasseln (plural)
Kellerassel (nominative singular)
Kellerasseln (definite nominative plural)
Kellerassel (genitive singular)
Kellerasseln (definite genitive plural)
Kellerassel (dative singular)
Kellerasseln (dative definite plural)
Kellerassel (accusative singular)
Kellerasseln (accusative definite plural)


Gnitze

Gnitze f (genitive Gnitze, plural Gnitzen)

Gnitze (genitive)
Gnitzen (plural)
Gnitze (nominative singular)
Gnitzen (definite nominative plural)
Gnitze (genitive singular)
Gnitzen (definite genitive plural)
Gnitze (dative singular)
Gnitzen (dative definite plural)
Gnitze (accusative singular)
Gnitzen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Middle Low German gnitte, from Old Saxon *gnitta, from Proto-Germanic *gnittaz, *gnattaz (“gnat, midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw, scratch”).


Trauermantel

Trauermantel m (strong, genitive Trauermantels, plural Trauermäntel)

Trauermantels (genitive)
Trauermäntel (plural)
Trauermantel (nominative singular)
Trauermäntel (definite nominative plural)
Trauermantels (genitive singular)
Trauermäntel (definite genitive plural)
Trauermantel (dative singular)
Trauermänteln (dative definite plural)
Trauermantel (accusative singular)
Trauermäntel (accusative definite plural)

mourning cloak, Camberwell beauty (butterfly)


Aaskäfer

Aaskäfer m (strong, genitive Aaskäfers, plural Aaskäfer)

Aaskäfers (genitive)
Aaskäfer (plural)
Aaskäfer (nominative singular)
Aaskäfer (definite nominative plural)
Aaskäfers (genitive singular)
Aaskäfer (definite genitive plural)
Aaskäfer (dative singular)
Aaskäfern (dative definite plural)
Aaskäfer (accusative singular)
Aaskäfer (accusative definite plural)

/ˈaːsˌkɛːfɐ/

LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller-Aaskäfer.wav

From Aas (“carrion”) + Käfer (“beetle”).


Gamba

Gamba (genitive)
Gambas (plural)
Gamba (nominative singular)
Gambas (definite nominative plural)
Gamba (genitive singular)
Gambas (definite genitive plural)
Gamba (dative singular)
Gambas (dative definite plural)
Gamba (accusative singular)
Gambas (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Spanish gamba and Catalan gamba.


Ameisenjungfer

Ameisenjungfer f (genitive Ameisenjungfer, plural Ameisenjungfern)

Ameisenjungfer (genitive)
Ameisenjungfern (plural)
Ameisenjungfer (nominative singular)
Ameisenjungfern (definite nominative plural)
Ameisenjungfer (genitive singular)
Ameisenjungfern (definite genitive plural)
Ameisenjungfer (dative singular)
Ameisenjungfern (dative definite plural)
Ameisenjungfer (accusative singular)
Ameisenjungfern (accusative definite plural)


Marmorkrebs

Marmorkrebs m (strong, genitive Marmorkrebses, plural Marmorkrebse)

Marmorkrebses (genitive)
Marmorkrebse (plural)
Marmorkrebs (nominative singular)
Marmorkrebse (definite nominative plural)
Marmorkrebses (genitive singular)
Marmorkrebse (definite genitive plural)
Marmorkrebs (dative singular)
Marmorkrebse (dative singular)
Marmorkrebsen (dative definite plural)
Marmorkrebs (accusative singular)
Marmorkrebse (accusative definite plural)

English: Marmorkrebs

Compound of Marmor (“marble”) + Krebs (“crab”).

1975, Kulturpolitische Korrespondenz, Issues 238-256, Ostdeutscher Kulturrat

Gewiß berichtet Habe immer wieder vom Marmorkrebs, der durch die Berührung des Steins mit Abgasen entsteht.

So warde erst kürzlich bestätigt, dass sich der Marmorkrebs (Procambarus sp.) mittels Jungfernzeugung reproduziert.

2005, DATZ: Aquarien Terrarien, volume 58, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, page 23:

Dann hat sie den Sonnengott Horus geboren, wie ein Marmorkrebs, aus sich selbst heraus.

2008, Monique Schwitter, Ohren haben keine Lider, page 157:


Languste

Languste f (genitive Languste, plural Langusten)

Languste (genitive)
Langusten (plural)
Languste (nominative singular)
Langusten (definite nominative plural)
Languste (genitive singular)
Langusten (definite genitive plural)
Languste (dative singular)
Langusten (dative definite plural)
Languste (accusative singular)
Langusten (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from French langouste, from Latin locusta.

rock lobster, spiny lobster (crustacean of the family Palinuridae)


Gelse

Gelse (genitive)
Gelsen (plural)
Gelse (nominative singular)
Gelsen (definite nominative plural)
Gelse (genitive singular)
Gelsen (definite genitive plural)
Gelse (dative singular)
Gelsen (dative definite plural)
Gelse (accusative singular)
Gelsen (accusative definite plural)

From obsolete Early New High German gelsen (“to buzz, to yell”), from Middle High German gëlsen (“to yell, to cry, to howl”), a variant of gellen. Compare Bavarian Gösn.


Nordseegarnele

de-noun

Nordseegarnele f (genitive Nordseegarnele, plural Nordseegarnelen)

Nordseegarnele (genitive)
Nordseegarnelen (plural)
Nordseegarnele (nominative singular)
Nordseegarnelen (definite nominative plural)
Nordseegarnele (genitive singular)
Nordseegarnelen (definite genitive plural)
Nordseegarnele (dative singular)
Nordseegarnelen (dative definite plural)
Nordseegarnele (accusative singular)
Nordseegarnelen (accusative definite plural)

[ˈnɔʁtz̥eːɡaʁˌneːlə]


Elefantenlaus

Elefantenlaus f (genitive Elefantenlaus, plural Elefantenläuse)

Elefantenlaus (genitive)
Elefantenläuse (plural)
Elefantenlaus (nominative singular)
Elefantenläuse (definite nominative plural)
Elefantenlaus (genitive singular)
Elefantenläuse (definite genitive plural)
Elefantenlaus (dative singular)
Elefantenläusen (dative definite plural)
Elefantenlaus (accusative singular)
Elefantenläuse (accusative definite plural)

the elephant louse, Haematomyzus elephantis, being a parasite of elephants

ostindische Elefantenlaus
ostindische Elefantenlaus#German

Semecarpus anacardium
Semecarpus anacardium#Translingual

ostindische Elefantenlaus, Semecarpus anacardium, marking-nut

westindische Elefantenlaus
westindische Elefantenlaus#German

Anacardium occidentale
Anacardium occidentale#Translingual

westindische Elefantenlaus, Anacardium occidentale, cashew-nut


Feldgrille

Feldgrille f (genitive Feldgrille, plural Feldgrillen)

Feldgrille (genitive)
Feldgrillen (plural)
Feldgrille (nominative singular)
Feldgrillen (definite nominative plural)
Feldgrille (genitive singular)
Feldgrillen (definite genitive plural)
Feldgrille (dative singular)
Feldgrillen (dative definite plural)
Feldgrille (accusative singular)
Feldgrillen (accusative definite plural)


Weinhähnchen

Weinhähnchen n (strong, genitive Weinhähnchens, plural Weinhähnchen)

Weinhähnchens (genitive)
Weinhähnchen (plural)
Weinhähnchen (nominative singular)
Weinhähnchen (definite nominative plural)
Weinhähnchens (genitive singular)
Weinhähnchen (definite genitive plural)
Weinhähnchen (dative singular)
Weinhähnchen (dative definite plural)
Weinhähnchen (accusative singular)
Weinhähnchen (accusative definite plural)

Italian tree cricket
Italian tree cricket


Wasserläufer

Wasserläufer m (strong, genitive Wasserläufers, plural Wasserläufer)

Wasserläufers (genitive)
Wasserläufer (plural)
Wasserläufer (nominative singular)
Wasserläufer (definite nominative plural)
Wasserläufers (genitive singular)
Wasserläufer (definite genitive plural)
Wasserläufer (dative singular)
Wasserläufern (dative definite plural)
Wasserläufer (accusative singular)
Wasserläufer (accusative definite plural)

/ˈvasɐˌlɔɪ̯fɐ/

Wasser (“water”) + laufen (“to run”) + -er

compound

(ornithology) sandpiper (any of various wading birds, especially in the genus Tringa)


Schnabelkerf

de-noun

Schnabelkerf m (strong, genitive Schnabelkerfes or Schnabelkerfs, plural Schnabelkerfe)

Schnabelkerfes (genitive)
Schnabelkerfs (genitive)
Schnabelkerfe (plural)
Schnabelkerf (nominative singular)
Schnabelkerfe (definite nominative plural)
Schnabelkerfes (genitive singular)
Schnabelkerfs (genitive singular)
Schnabelkerfe (definite genitive plural)
Schnabelkerf (dative singular)
Schnabelkerfe (dative singular)
Schnabelkerfen (dative definite plural)
Schnabelkerf (accusative singular)
Schnabelkerfe (accusative definite plural)

(entomology) true bug (insect of the order Hemiptera)


Distelfalter

Distelfalter m (strong, genitive Distelfalters, plural Distelfalter)

Distelfalters (genitive)
Distelfalter (plural)
Distelfalter (nominative singular)
Distelfalter (definite nominative plural)
Distelfalters (genitive singular)
Distelfalter (definite genitive plural)
Distelfalter (dative singular)
Distelfaltern (dative definite plural)
Distelfalter (accusative singular)
Distelfalter (accusative definite plural)

Distel (“thistle”) + Falter (“butterfly, moth”)

compound

Vanessa cardui
Wikispecies:Vanessa cardui

painted lady (butterfly of the species Vanessa cardui)


Sandfloh

de-noun

Sandfloh m (strong, genitive Sandflohes or Sandflohs, plural Sandflöhe)

Sandflohes (genitive)
Sandflohs (genitive)
Sandflöhe (plural)
Sandfloh (nominative singular)
Sandflöhe (definite nominative plural)
Sandflohes (genitive singular)
Sandflohs (genitive singular)
Sandflöhe (definite genitive plural)
Sandfloh (dative singular)
Sandflohe (dative singular)
Sandflöhen (dative definite plural)
Sandfloh (accusative singular)
Sandflöhe (accusative definite plural)


Kleidermotte

Kleidermotte f (genitive Kleidermotte, plural Kleidermotten)

Kleidermotte (genitive)
Kleidermotten (plural)
Kleidermotte (nominative singular)
Kleidermotten (definite nominative plural)
Kleidermotte (genitive singular)
Kleidermotten (definite genitive plural)
Kleidermotte (dative singular)
Kleidermotten (dative definite plural)
Kleidermotte (accusative singular)
Kleidermotten (accusative definite plural)


Rotschwanz

Rotschwanz m (strong, genitive Rotschwanzes, plural Rotschwänze, diminutive Rotschwänzchen n)

Rotschwanzes (genitive)
Rotschwänze (plural)
Rotschwänzchen (diminutive neuter)
Rotschwanz (nominative singular)
Rotschwänze (definite nominative plural)
Rotschwanzes (genitive singular)
Rotschwänze (definite genitive plural)
Rotschwanz (dative singular)
Rotschwanze (dative singular)
Rotschwänzen (dative definite plural)
Rotschwanz (accusative singular)
Rotschwänze (accusative definite plural)

pale tussock moth (Calliteara pudibunda)


Opa Langbein

Opa Langbein m (strong, genitive Opa Langbeins, plural Opa Langbeine)

Opa Langbeins (genitive)
Opa Langbeine (plural)
Opa Langbein (nominative singular)
Opa Langbeine (definite nominative plural)
Opa Langbeins (genitive singular)
Opa Langbeine (definite genitive plural)
Opa Langbein (dative singular)
Opa Langbeinen (dative definite plural)
Opa Langbein (accusative singular)
Opa Langbeine (accusative definite plural)

Man begegnet „Opa Langbein“ im Wald und auf Wiesen, er klettert auch gerne an Mauern hoch.

2013 August 19, Michaela Siano, “Ein „Knecht“ mit acht Beinen”, in Braunschweiger Zeitung, retrieved 2020-01-09:

You’ll meet “daddy longlegs” in the forest and on meadows; it also likes to climb up walls.

Hochbeiner

West Central German: chiefly regions along the [[Moselle]] and the [[Rhine]] river

Kanker

East Central German: region between the [[w:Werra|Werra]] and the [[Elbe]] river

Schneider

West Central German: chiefly regions along the [[Rhine]] and the [[Main]] river

Schuster

Northern German and East Central German: surroundings of [[Hamburg]] and regions along the central [[Elbe]] river

Weberknecht

general term, originally only [[w:Bavarian language|Austro-Bavarian]]

Zimmermann

eastern parts of Switzerland, most western part of Austria: [[w:Vorarlberg|Vorarlberg]]

(colloquial, regional, parts of northern and central Germany) daddy longlegs, harvestman (arachnid of order Opiliones)


Johanniskäfer

Johanniskäfer m (strong, genitive Johanniskäfers, plural Johanniskäfer)

Johanniskäfers (genitive)
Johanniskäfer (plural)
Johanniskäfer (nominative singular)
Johanniskäfer (definite nominative plural)
Johanniskäfers (genitive singular)
Johanniskäfer (definite genitive plural)
Johanniskäfer (dative singular)
Johanniskäfern (dative definite plural)
Johanniskäfer (accusative singular)
Johanniskäfer (accusative definite plural)

From Johannis + Käfer. Compare Estonian jaanimardikas and Hungarian szentjánosbogár.


Braunelle

Braunelle f (genitive Braunelle, plural Braunellen)

Braunelle (genitive)
Braunellen (plural)
Braunelle (nominative singular)
Braunellen (definite nominative plural)
Braunelle (genitive singular)
Braunellen (definite genitive plural)
Braunelle (dative singular)
Braunellen (dative definite plural)
Braunelle (accusative singular)
Braunellen (accusative definite plural)

/bʀaʊ̯ˈnɛlə/

Borrowed from Medieval Latin brunella, from Old High German brūn (“brown”) + Latin -ella.

com

(beekeeping) European dark bee (subspecies of the western honey bee)


Rollassel

de-noun

Rollassel f (genitive Rollassel, plural Rollasseln)

Rollassel (genitive)
Rollasseln (plural)
Rollassel (nominative singular)
Rollasseln (definite nominative plural)
Rollassel (genitive singular)
Rollasseln (definite genitive plural)
Rollassel (dative singular)
Rollasseln (dative definite plural)
Rollassel (accusative singular)
Rollasseln (accusative definite plural)

rollen (“to roll”) + Assel (“woodlouse”)

com

pill bug, roly-poly (woodlouse of the family Armadillidiidae)


Nashornkäfer

de-noun

Nashornkäfer m (strong, genitive Nashornkäfers, plural Nashornkäfer)

Nashornkäfers (genitive)
Nashornkäfer (plural)
Nashornkäfer (nominative singular)
Nashornkäfer (definite nominative plural)
Nashornkäfers (genitive singular)
Nashornkäfer (definite genitive plural)
Nashornkäfer (dative singular)
Nashornkäfern (dative definite plural)
Nashornkäfer (accusative singular)
Nashornkäfer (accusative definite plural)

rhinoceros beetle
rhinoceros beetle#English


Hausgrille

Hausgrille f (genitive Hausgrille, plural Hausgrillen)

Hausgrille (genitive)
Hausgrillen (plural)
Hausgrille (nominative singular)
Hausgrillen (definite nominative plural)
Hausgrille (genitive singular)
Hausgrillen (definite genitive plural)
Hausgrille (dative singular)
Hausgrillen (dative definite plural)
Hausgrille (accusative singular)
Hausgrillen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈhaʊ̯sˌɡʁɪlə/


Gartenkreuzspinne

Gartenkreuzspinne f (genitive Gartenkreuzspinne, plural Gartenkreuzspinnen)

Gartenkreuzspinne (genitive)
Gartenkreuzspinnen (plural)
Gartenkreuzspinne (nominative singular)
Gartenkreuzspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Gartenkreuzspinne (genitive singular)
Gartenkreuzspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Gartenkreuzspinne (dative singular)
Gartenkreuzspinnen (dative definite plural)
Gartenkreuzspinne (accusative singular)
Gartenkreuzspinnen (accusative definite plural)

Garten (“garden”) + Kreuzspinne (“cross spider”)

compound

European garden spider
European garden spider

Araneus diadematus
Araneus diadematus#Translingual

European garden spider (Araneus diadematus)


Kreuzspinne

de-noun

Kreuzspinne f (genitive Kreuzspinne, plural Kreuzspinnen)

Kreuzspinne (genitive)
Kreuzspinnen (plural)
Kreuzspinne (nominative singular)
Kreuzspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Kreuzspinne (genitive singular)
Kreuzspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Kreuzspinne (dative singular)
Kreuzspinnen (dative definite plural)
Kreuzspinne (accusative singular)
Kreuzspinnen (accusative definite plural)


Flusskrebs

Flusskrebs m (strong, genitive Flusskrebses, plural Flusskrebse)

Flusskrebses (genitive)
Flusskrebse (plural)
Flusskrebs (nominative singular)
Flusskrebse (definite nominative plural)
Flusskrebses (genitive singular)
Flusskrebse (definite genitive plural)
Flusskrebs (dative singular)
Flusskrebse (dative singular)
Flusskrebsen (dative definite plural)
Flusskrebs (accusative singular)
Flusskrebse (accusative definite plural)

(specifically) European crayfish (Astacus astacus)


Japankäfer

Japankäfer m (strong, genitive Japankäfers, plural Japankäfer)

Japankäfers (genitive)
Japankäfer (plural)
Japankäfer (nominative singular)
Japankäfer (definite nominative plural)
Japankäfers (genitive singular)
Japankäfer (definite genitive plural)
Japankäfer (dative singular)
Japankäfern (dative definite plural)
Japankäfer (accusative singular)
Japankäfer (accusative definite plural)

Popillia japonica
Wikispecies:Popillia japonica


Tausendfüßer

Tausendfüßer m (strong, genitive Tausendfüßers, plural Tausendfüßer)

Tausendfüßers (genitive)
Tausendfüßer (plural)
Tausendfüßer (nominative singular)
Tausendfüßer (definite nominative plural)
Tausendfüßers (genitive singular)
Tausendfüßer (definite genitive plural)
Tausendfüßer (dative singular)
Tausendfüßern (dative definite plural)
Tausendfüßer (accusative singular)
Tausendfüßer (accusative definite plural)


Laubheuschrecke

Laubheuschrecke f (genitive Laubheuschrecke, plural Laubheuschrecken)

Laubheuschrecke (genitive)
Laubheuschrecken (plural)
Laubheuschrecke (nominative singular)
Laubheuschrecken (definite nominative plural)
Laubheuschrecke (genitive singular)
Laubheuschrecken (definite genitive plural)
Laubheuschrecke (dative singular)
Laubheuschrecken (dative definite plural)
Laubheuschrecke (accusative singular)
Laubheuschrecken (accusative definite plural)

/ˈlaʊ̯pˌhɔɪ̯ʃʁɛkə/


Zwiefalter

Zwiefalter m (strong, genitive Zwiefalters, plural Zwiefalter)

Zwiefalters (genitive)
Zwiefalter (plural)
Zwiefalter (nominative singular)
Zwiefalter (definite nominative plural)
Zwiefalters (genitive singular)
Zwiefalter (definite genitive plural)
Zwiefalter (dative singular)
Zwiefaltern (dative definite plural)
Zwiefalter (accusative singular)
Zwiefalter (accusative definite plural)

Inherited from Middle High German zwivalter, from Old High German zvīfaltra, from vīvaltra, fīfaltra, fīfaltara.


Wasserfloh

de-noun

Wasserfloh m (strong, genitive Wasserflohes or Wasserflohs, plural Wasserflöhe)

Wasserflohes (genitive)
Wasserflohs (genitive)
Wasserflöhe (plural)
Wasserfloh (nominative singular)
Wasserflöhe (definite nominative plural)
Wasserflohes (genitive singular)
Wasserflohs (genitive singular)
Wasserflöhe (definite genitive plural)
Wasserfloh (dative singular)
Wasserflohe (dative singular)
Wasserflöhen (dative definite plural)
Wasserfloh (accusative singular)
Wasserflöhe (accusative definite plural)

water flea (any crustacean of the order Diplostraca)


Asselspinne

Asselspinne f (genitive Asselspinne, plural Asselspinnen)

Asselspinne (genitive)
Asselspinnen (plural)
Asselspinne (nominative singular)
Asselspinnen (definite nominative plural)
Asselspinne (genitive singular)
Asselspinnen (definite genitive plural)
Asselspinne (dative singular)
Asselspinnen (dative definite plural)
Asselspinne (accusative singular)
Asselspinnen (accusative definite plural)

sea spider (marine arthropod of the order Pantopoda)


Bürstenspinner

Bürstenspinner m (strong, genitive Bürstenspinners, plural Bürstenspinner)

Bürstenspinners (genitive)
Bürstenspinner (plural)
Bürstenspinner (nominative singular)
Bürstenspinner (definite nominative plural)
Bürstenspinners (genitive singular)
Bürstenspinner (definite genitive plural)
Bürstenspinner (dative singular)
Bürstenspinnern (dative definite plural)
Bürstenspinner (accusative singular)
Bürstenspinner (accusative definite plural)

Bürste (“brush”) + -en- + Spinner (“spinner”)