Apfel

de-proper noun

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

Apfels (genitive masculine)
Apfel (genitive masculine)
Apfel (feminine genitive)
Apfels (plural)
Apfel (plural)
Apfel (masculine nominative singular)
Apfel (feminine nominative singular)
Apfels (definite nominative plural)
Apfel (definite nominative plural)
Apfels (genitive masculine singular)
Apfel (genitive masculine singular)
Apfel (feminine genitive singular)
Apfels (definite genitive plural)
Apfel (definite genitive plural)
Apfel (dative masculine singular)
Apfel (dative feminine singular)
Apfels (dative definite plural)
Apfel (dative definite plural)
Apfel (accusative masculine singular)
Apfel (accusative feminine singular)
Apfels (accusative definite plural)
Apfel (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German apfel, from Old High German apful, from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *apluz (compare Dutch appel, West Frisian apel, English apple), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

Appel

colloquial; northern and central Germany


Kugelschnecke

de-noun

Kugelschnecke f (genitive Kugelschnecke, plural Kugelschnecken)

Kugelschnecke (genitive)
Kugelschnecken (plural)
Kugelschnecke (nominative singular)
Kugelschnecken (definite nominative plural)
Kugelschnecke (genitive singular)
Kugelschnecken (definite genitive plural)
Kugelschnecke (dative singular)
Kugelschnecken (dative definite plural)
Kugelschnecke (accusative singular)
Kugelschnecken (accusative definite plural)

/ˈkuːɡəlˌʃnɛkə/


Buch

Buch n (strong, genitive Buches or Buchs, plural Bücher, diminutive Büchlein n or Büchelchen n)

Buches (genitive)
Buchs (genitive)
Bücher (plural)
Büchlein (diminutive neuter)
Büchelchen (diminutive neuter)
Buch (nominative singular)
Bücher (definite nominative plural)
Buches (genitive singular)
Buchs (genitive singular)
Bücher (definite genitive plural)
Buch (dative singular)
Buche (dative singular)
Büchern (dative definite plural)
Buch (accusative singular)
Bücher (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Cognate with English book.

2006, Kai Steiner, Schmetterlinge im Bauch (Junge Liebe, Band 8), Himmelstürmer Verlag, p.103

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Eine Figur, wie sie im Buche steht, und sie erinnerte mich an Mark Spitz, als er seine Goldmedaillen einfuhr.

book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication)


Fisch

Fisch m (strong, genitive Fisches or Fischs, plural Fische, diminutive Fischchen n or Fischlein n, feminine Fischin)

Fisches (genitive)
Fischs (genitive)
Fische (plural)
Fischchen (diminutive neuter)
Fischlein (diminutive neuter)
Fischin (feminine)
Fisch (nominative singular)
Fische (definite nominative plural)
Fisches (genitive singular)
Fischs (genitive singular)
Fische (definite genitive plural)
Fisch (dative singular)
Fische (dative singular)
Fischen (dative definite plural)
Fisch (accusative singular)
Fische (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German visch, from Old High German fisk, fisc, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk.

Wir haben jeder einen Fisch gefangen.

(countable) fish (cold-blooded vertebrates living in water)


Maus

Maus f (genitive Maus, plural Mäuse, diminutive Mäuschen n or Mäuslein n or Mäuselein n or (uncommon, south-western German) Mäusle n or (Austria) Mauserl n, masculine (for the animal) Mäuserich, feminine (for the animal) Mäusin)

Maus (genitive)
Mäuse (plural)
Mäuschen (diminutive neuter)
Mäuslein (diminutive neuter)
Mäuselein (diminutive neuter)
Mäusle (diminutive neuter south-western-German uncommon)
Mauserl (Austria diminutive neuter)
Mäuserich (masculine)
Mäusin (feminine)
Maus (nominative singular)
Mäuse (definite nominative plural)
Maus (genitive singular)
Mäuse (definite genitive plural)
Maus (dative singular)
Mäusen (dative definite plural)
Maus (accusative singular)
Mäuse (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German mūs, from Old High German mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs. Doublet of Mouse.
The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.


Milan

de-proper noun

Milan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Milans)

a male given name from the Slavic languages


Schaf

de-noun

Schaf n (strong, genitive Schafes or Schafs, plural Schafe, diminutive Schäfchen n or Schäflein n)

Schafes (genitive)
Schafs (genitive)
Schafe (plural)
Schäfchen (diminutive neuter)
Schäflein (diminutive neuter)
Schaf (nominative singular)
Schafe (definite nominative plural)
Schafes (genitive singular)
Schafs (genitive singular)
Schafe (definite genitive plural)
Schaf (dative singular)
Schafe (dative singular)
Schafen (dative definite plural)
Schaf (accusative singular)
Schafe (accusative definite plural)

→ Alemannic German: Schaf

From Middle High German schâf, from Old High German scāf.
Akin to Bavarian Schåf, Luxembourgish Schof, Hunsrik Schof, German Low German Schaap, Dutch schaap, Afrikaans skaap, English sheep, and West Frisian skiep. See sheep for more.

Schafwolle

ein Schaf scheren


Nacktschnecke

Nacktschnecke f (genitive Nacktschnecke, plural Nacktschnecken)

Nacktschnecke (genitive)
Nacktschnecken (plural)
Nacktschnecke (nominative singular)
Nacktschnecken (definite nominative plural)
Nacktschnecke (genitive singular)
Nacktschnecken (definite genitive plural)
Nacktschnecke (dative singular)
Nacktschnecken (dative definite plural)
Nacktschnecke (accusative singular)
Nacktschnecken (accusative definite plural)

From nackt (“naked”) + Schnecke (“snail”).


Gaul

Gaul m (strong, genitive Gaules or Gauls, plural Gäule)

Gaules (genitive)
Gauls (genitive)
Gäule (plural)
Gaul (nominative singular)
Gäule (definite nominative plural)
Gaules (genitive singular)
Gauls (genitive singular)
Gäule (definite genitive plural)
Gaul (dative singular)
Gaule (dative singular)
Gäulen (dative definite plural)
Gaul (accusative singular)
Gäule (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German gūl, of obscure ultimate origin, but possibly ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *geutan (“to pour, cast”), referring to a powerful male horse, a "seed-pouring animal." Cognate with Dutch guil (“old horse”).

der

einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul


Nilpferd

de-noun

Nilpferd n (strong, genitive Nilpferdes or Nilpferds, plural Nilpferde)

Nilpferdes (genitive)
Nilpferds (genitive)
Nilpferde (plural)
Nilpferd (nominative singular)
Nilpferde (definite nominative plural)
Nilpferdes (genitive singular)
Nilpferds (genitive singular)
Nilpferde (definite genitive plural)
Nilpferd (dative singular)
Nilpferde (dative singular)
Nilpferden (dative definite plural)
Nilpferd (accusative singular)
Nilpferde (accusative definite plural)

From Nil (“Nile”) + Pferd (“horse”), a loose calque of Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos). Akin to Dutch nijlpaard.

der

Endlich hält er das rosa Nilpferd in den Armen.

2012, Ursel Scheffler, “Kommissar Kugelblitz. Das rosa Nilpferd”, in Kommissar Kugelblitz, volume 8, Quinto, →ISBN:

At last he holds the pink hippo in his arms.


Flusspferd

de-noun

Flusspferd n (strong, genitive Flusspferdes or Flusspferds, plural Flusspferde)

Flusspferdes (genitive)
Flusspferds (genitive)
Flusspferde (plural)
Flusspferd (nominative singular)
Flusspferde (definite nominative plural)
Flusspferdes (genitive singular)
Flusspferds (genitive singular)
Flusspferde (definite genitive plural)
Flusspferd (dative singular)
Flusspferde (dative singular)
Flusspferden (dative definite plural)
Flusspferd (accusative singular)
Flusspferde (accusative definite plural)

Fluss (“river”) + Pferd (“horse”). Calque of Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos).


Python

de-proper noun

Python n (proper noun, strong, genitive Pythons)

Pythons (genitive)
Python (nominative singular)
Pythons (genitive singular)
Python (dative singular)
Python (accusative singular)


Schneeball

de-noun

Schneeball m (strong, genitive Schneeballes or Schneeballs, plural Schneebälle)

Schneeballes (genitive)
Schneeballs (genitive)
Schneebälle (plural)
Schneeball (nominative singular)
Schneebälle (definite nominative plural)
Schneeballes (genitive singular)
Schneeballs (genitive singular)
Schneebälle (definite genitive plural)
Schneeball (dative singular)
Schneeballe (dative singular)
Schneebällen (dative definite plural)
Schneeball (accusative singular)
Schneebälle (accusative definite plural)

Viburnum opulus
Viburnum opulus#Translingual

(botany) viburnum (any shrub of the genus Viburnum, in particular the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus)


Kuh

Kuh (genitive)
Kühe (plural)
Kuh (nominative singular)
Kühe (definite nominative plural)
Kuh (genitive singular)
Kühe (definite genitive plural)
Kuh (dative singular)
Kühen (dative definite plural)
Kuh (accusative singular)
Kühe (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

etymon

cow (female bovine animal at or near adulthood)


Pflanze

de-noun

Pflanze f (genitive Pflanze, plural Pflanzen)

Pflanze (genitive)
Pflanzen (plural)
Pflanze (nominative singular)
Pflanzen (definite nominative plural)
Pflanze (genitive singular)
Pflanzen (definite genitive plural)
Pflanze (dative singular)
Pflanzen (dative definite plural)
Pflanze (accusative singular)
Pflanzen (accusative definite plural)

most northern and central German speakers

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German pflanza, borrowed from Latin planta. Cognate with Hunsrik and Luxembourgish Planz. Doublet of Clan.

Der Garten war voll mit vielen verschiedenen Arten von Pflanzen.

The garden was full of many different kinds of plants.


Birne

Birne f (genitive Birne, plural Birnen, diminutive Birnchen n)

Birne (genitive)
Birnen (plural)
Birnchen (diminutive neuter)
Birne (nominative singular)
Birnen (definite nominative plural)
Birne (genitive singular)
Birnen (definite genitive plural)
Birne (dative singular)
Birnen (dative definite plural)
Birne (accusative singular)
Birnen (accusative definite plural)

→ Estonian: pirn

→ Kashubian: birna

From Middle High German bire, bir, from Old High German bira, pira, from Vulgar Latin pira, reanalysis of the plural of Latin pirum. Early Modern German birn is from the Middle High German plural and dative/genitive singular, whence a double plural birnen was formed. The contemporary Birne is a new backformation from this plural (perhaps influenced also by the older, still dialectal form bire). Thus, between Latin and modern German, the word was reformed on the basis of the plural three times. Cognate with Alemannic German Bire.


Affe

Affe m (weak, genitive Affen, plural Affen, diminutive Äffchen n or Äfflein n, feminine (only for the animal) Äffin)

Affen (genitive)
Affen (plural)
Äffchen (diminutive neuter)
Äfflein (diminutive neuter)
Äffin (feminine)
Affe (nominative singular)
Affen (definite nominative plural)
Affen (genitive singular)
Affen (definite genitive plural)
Affen (dative singular)
Affen (dative definite plural)
Affen (accusative singular)
Affen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German affe, from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.
The sense of drunkenness has been traced to the late 18ᵗʰ century, allegedly playing on the homophony of Czech opice (“monkey or ape”) and opít se (“to get drunk”), though the image of a monkey being a possessing demon is translingual, and thus Spanish mona (“she-ape”) also means drunkenness, Spanish mono (“he-ape”) withdrawal symptoms, English monkey a substance (typically, a recreational drug) addiction.

monkey or ape (male or female or of unspecified sex)


Büffel

Büffel m (strong, genitive Büffels, plural Büffel)

Büffels (genitive)
Büffel (plural)
Büffel (nominative singular)
Büffel (definite nominative plural)
Büffels (genitive singular)
Büffel (definite genitive plural)
Büffel (dative singular)
Büffeln (dative definite plural)
Büffel (accusative singular)
Büffel (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German büffel, püffel (14th c.), from Middle French bufle, from Italian bufalo, from Late Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos), a derivative of βοῦς (boûs, “ox”).


Käfer

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.


Johannisbeere

Johannisbeere f (genitive Johannisbeere, plural Johannisbeeren)

Johannisbeere (genitive)
Johannisbeeren (plural)
Johannisbeere (nominative singular)
Johannisbeeren (definite nominative plural)
Johannisbeere (genitive singular)
Johannisbeeren (definite genitive plural)
Johannisbeere (dative singular)
Johannisbeeren (dative definite plural)
Johannisbeere (accusative singular)
Johannisbeeren (accusative definite plural)

→ Cimbrian: johannisper (partial calque)

Johannis + Beere, literally “John's berry”, named for the feast day of St. John the Baptist (24th of June), said to be when the fruit ripens.

af

currant (Ribes gen. et spp., chiefly the fruits)


Ysop

de-noun

Ysop m (strong, genitive Ysopes or Ysops, plural Ysope)

Ysopes (genitive)
Ysops (genitive)
Ysope (plural)
Ysop (nominative singular)
Ysope (definite nominative plural)
Ysopes (genitive singular)
Ysops (genitive singular)
Ysope (definite genitive plural)
Ysop (dative singular)
Ysope (dative singular)
Ysopen (dative definite plural)
Ysop (accusative singular)
Ysope (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German isôpe, ysôpe, from Old High German isopo, isipo, variant declension of hysop, from Medieval Latin hȳsōpus, hȳssōpus, from Latin hȳsōpum, from Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos).


Bache

Bache f (genitive Bache, plural Bachen, masculine Keiler or Bacher or Wildeber)

Bache (genitive)
Bachen (plural)
Keiler (masculine)
Bacher (masculine)
Wildeber (masculine)
Bache (nominative singular)
Bachen (definite nominative plural)
Bache (genitive singular)
Bachen (definite genitive plural)
Bache (dative singular)
Bachen (dative definite plural)
Bache (accusative singular)
Bachen (accusative definite plural)

From Late Middle High German bache f (“fattened sow, female porker”), by gender change from the word in etymology 2 below; see Bachen. The sense developed from “bacon” via “slaughtered pig” to “porker”. The modern use is from hunters’ jargon.

inh

Auf nächtlicher Fahrt durch den Berliner Grunewald galoppiert dem Pkw-Fahrer F plötzlich eine Wildsau vor die Stoßstange. F kann den Zusammenstoß nicht vermeiden. Das Auto ist im Frontbereich zerbeult, die Bache ist tot.

2017, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Mitsch, “Tiere und Strafrecht”, in Juristische Ausbildung, number 12, →DOI, page 1397:

On a nightly ride through the Grunewald in Berlin suddenly a wild sow galopps right up to bumper of the car driver F. F cannot prevent the crash. The car is battered in the front-end, the sow is dead.


Zibbe

Zibbe (genitive)
Zibben (plural)
Zibbe (nominative singular)
Zibben (definite nominative plural)
Zibbe (genitive singular)
Zibben (definite genitive plural)
Zibbe (dative singular)
Zibben (dative definite plural)
Zibbe (accusative singular)
Zibben (accusative definite plural)

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First attested in the 19th century. Probably from or related to Proto-West Germanic *tibā (“bitch, female dog”), whence also Middle Low German tēve, tiffe, Middle Dutch tēve (13th c., modern Dutch teef), Old English tife.
While the 19th-century attestation is surely belated, the total lack of medieval evidence and the fact that the word is native almost exclusively in East Central German, thus outside the original Old High German territory, make its inheritedness uncertain. One alternative would be a phonetically adapted borrowing from Low German (during the time of dialect mixing in the colonial areas), plausibly under the influence of Middle High German zūpe (“bitch, doe rabbit”). Note that the unadapted form is found in northern East Central German Tiffe (“cur”) as well as Ripuarian Tiff (“bitch”, locally also “doe rabbit”).


Rebe

Rebe (genitive)
Reben (plural)
Rebe (nominative singular)
Reben (definite nominative plural)
Rebe (genitive singular)
Reben (definite genitive plural)
Rebe (dative singular)
Reben (dative definite plural)
Rebe (accusative singular)
Reben (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German rebe, from Old High German reba, from Proto-West Germanic *rebā.


Fuchs

de-noun

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).

inh

Ich hatte nur vier Trümpfe und darunter beide Füchse.

I had only four trumps and among them were both aces of diamonds.

(card games) In Doppelkopf, the ace of diamonds, which earns a side of players an extra point if they win it from the other side


Adlerjunges

de-noun

Adlerjunges n (adjectival, definite nominative das Adlerjunge, genitive (des) Adlerjungen, plural Adlerjunge, definite plural die Adlerjungen)

das Adlerjunge (definite nominative)
Adlerjungen (genitive)
Adlerjunge (plural)
die Adlerjungen (definite plural)
Adlerjunges (nominative singular strong)
Adlerjunge (nominative plural strong)
Adlerjungen (genitive singular strong)
Adlerjunger (genitive plural strong)
Adlerjungem (dative singular strong)
Adlerjungen (dative plural strong)
Adlerjunges (accusative singular strong)
Adlerjunge (accusative plural strong)
Adlerjunge (nominative singular weak)
Adlerjungen (nominative plural weak)
Adlerjungen (genitive singular weak)
Adlerjungen (genitive plural weak)
Adlerjungen (dative singular weak)
Adlerjungen (dative plural weak)
Adlerjunge (accusative singular weak)
Adlerjungen (accusative plural weak)
Adlerjunges (mixed nominative singular)
Adlerjungen (mixed nominative plural)
Adlerjungen (genitive mixed singular)
Adlerjungen (genitive mixed plural)
Adlerjungen (dative mixed singular)
Adlerjungen (dative mixed plural)
Adlerjunges (accusative mixed singular)
Adlerjungen (accusative mixed plural)

[ˈʔaːdlɐˌjʊŋəs]


Schwanenjunges

Schwanenjunges n (adjectival, definite nominative das Schwanenjunge, genitive (des) Schwanenjungen, plural Schwanenjunge, definite plural die Schwanenjungen)

das Schwanenjunge (definite nominative)
Schwanenjungen (genitive)
Schwanenjunge (plural)
die Schwanenjungen (definite plural)
Schwanenjunges (nominative singular strong)
Schwanenjunge (nominative plural strong)
Schwanenjungen (genitive singular strong)
Schwanenjunger (genitive plural strong)
Schwanenjungem (dative singular strong)
Schwanenjungen (dative plural strong)
Schwanenjunges (accusative singular strong)
Schwanenjunge (accusative plural strong)
Schwanenjunge (nominative singular weak)
Schwanenjungen (nominative plural weak)
Schwanenjungen (genitive singular weak)
Schwanenjungen (genitive plural weak)
Schwanenjungen (dative singular weak)
Schwanenjungen (dative plural weak)
Schwanenjunge (accusative singular weak)
Schwanenjungen (accusative plural weak)
Schwanenjunges (mixed nominative singular)
Schwanenjungen (mixed nominative plural)
Schwanenjungen (genitive mixed singular)
Schwanenjungen (genitive mixed plural)
Schwanenjungen (dative mixed singular)
Schwanenjungen (dative mixed plural)
Schwanenjunges (accusative mixed singular)
Schwanenjungen (accusative mixed plural)

/ˈʃvaːnənˌjʊŋəs/

From Schwan (“swan”) + -en- + Junges (“young animal”).


Adler

de-proper noun

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

Adlers (genitive masculine)
Adler (genitive masculine)
Adler (feminine genitive)
Adlers (plural)
Adler (plural)
Adler (masculine nominative singular)
Adler (feminine nominative singular)
Adlers (definite nominative plural)
Adler (definite nominative plural)
Adlers (genitive masculine singular)
Adler (genitive masculine singular)
Adler (feminine genitive singular)
Adlers (definite genitive plural)
Adler (definite genitive plural)
Adler (dative masculine singular)
Adler (dative feminine singular)
Adlers (dative definite plural)
Adler (dative definite plural)
Adler (accusative masculine singular)
Adler (accusative feminine singular)
Adlers (accusative definite plural)
Adler (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German adler, adelar, adelare, equivalent to edel (“noble”) + Aar (“eagle”). When Aar started assuming a more general meaning of "bird of prey suitable for hunting or falconry", the term Adelaar (edler Aar) emerged to distinguish eagles from other hunting birds such as falcons and hawks.


Menschenaffe

de-noun

Menschenaffe m (weak, genitive Menschenaffen, plural Menschenaffen, feminine Menschenäffin)

Menschenaffen (genitive)
Menschenaffen (plural)
Menschenäffin (feminine)
Menschenaffe (nominative singular)
Menschenaffen (definite nominative plural)
Menschenaffen (genitive singular)
Menschenaffen (definite genitive plural)
Menschenaffen (dative singular)
Menschenaffen (dative definite plural)
Menschenaffen (accusative singular)
Menschenaffen (accusative definite plural)

From Mensch (“man, human being, person”) + -en- + Affe (“ape”), cognate with Dutch mensaap.

af

(colloquial) ape or great ape (male or of unspecified gender) (a tail-less primate)

(sciences) hominid (male or of unspecified gender) (a member of the family Hominidae, including humans)


Wein

de-noun

Wein m (strong, genitive Weines or Weins, plural Weine)

Weines (genitive)
Weins (genitive)
Weine (plural)
Wein (nominative singular)
Weine (definite nominative plural)
Weines (genitive singular)
Weins (genitive singular)
Weine (definite genitive plural)
Wein (dative singular)
Weine (dative singular)
Weinen (dative definite plural)
Wein (accusative singular)
Weine (accusative definite plural)

→ Estonian: vein

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


Heuschrecke

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


Löwe

Löwe m (weak, genitive Löwen, plural Löwen, diminutive Löwchen n, feminine Löwin)

Löwen (genitive)
Löwen (plural)
Löwchen (diminutive neuter)
Löwin (feminine)
Löwe (nominative singular)
Löwen (definite nominative plural)
Löwen (genitive singular)
Löwen (definite genitive plural)
Löwen (dative singular)
Löwen (dative definite plural)
Löwen (accusative singular)
Löwen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German lewe, löuwe, lauwe, from Old High German lewo, lēo, from Proto-West Germanic *lewo, *lēwo (“lion”). The spelling -ew- in Middle High German generally represents a diphthong [øy̯(w)], and accordingly the expected form in Modern German is Leu(e) (cf. freuen). The form Löwe with a monophthong and consonantal -w- is most readily explained from a long-vowel variant lēwe, which would correspond to Dutch leeuw.

inh

(astronomy, astrology, singular only, no female or feminine form) Leo


Moskito

de-noun

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


Ferkel

Ferkel n (strong, genitive Ferkels, plural Ferkel, diminutive Ferkelchen n or Ferklein n)

Ferkels (genitive)
Ferkel (plural)
Ferkelchen (diminutive neuter)
Ferklein (diminutive neuter)
Ferkel (nominative singular)
Ferkel (definite nominative plural)
Ferkels (genitive singular)
Ferkel (definite genitive plural)
Ferkel (dative singular)
Ferkeln (dative definite plural)
Ferkel (accusative singular)
Ferkel (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German verhelīn, from Old High German farhilī, farhilīn, diminutive of farah (“pig”), from Proto-Germanic *farhaz, whence English farrow.
The -k- has been explained as an irregular fortition of -h-, which would be plausible if the form were of Upper German origin, where -h- was strong and where there was dialectal variation between -rch- and -rk-. However, Middle High German verkelen is first found in West Central German along the Rhine, where stem-internal -h- had been lost early on (compare accordingly Middle High German verlīn). It therefore seems at least equally probable that the -k- is due to influence by a related Rhenish word for “pig, piglet”, still found today in Ripuarian Ferke, which goes back to a Frankish *far(i)kīn (compare Old Dutch farkīn, ferkīn, whence modern Dutch varken), from Proto-Germanic *farhikīną, another diminutive of *farhaz.

(derogatory) a dirty or contemptible person


Baum

Baum m (strong, genitive Baumes or Baums, plural Bäume, diminutive Bäumchen n or Bäumlein n or Bäumelein n)

Baumes (genitive)
Baums (genitive)
Bäume (plural)
Bäumchen (diminutive neuter)
Bäumlein (diminutive neuter)
Bäumelein (diminutive neuter)
Baum (nominative singular)
Bäume (definite nominative plural)
Baumes (genitive singular)
Baums (genitive singular)
Bäume (definite genitive plural)
Baum (dative singular)
Baume (dative singular)
Bäumen (dative definite plural)
Baum (accusative singular)
Bäume (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz. Akin to Dutch boom, Low German Boom, West Frisian beam, English beam. Plural umlaut by proportional analogy with terms like Gast (“guest”) to Gäste (“guests”).

Vögel nisten gerne in Bäumen.

Bäume zählen zu den größten Lebensformen.

Trees are one of the biggest life forms.

Baum fällt!


Keiler

Keiler m (strong, genitive Keilers, plural Keiler, feminine Bache or Wildsau)

Keilers (genitive)
Keiler (plural)
Bache (feminine)
Wildsau (feminine)
Keiler (nominative singular)
Keiler (definite nominative plural)
Keilers (genitive singular)
Keiler (definite genitive plural)
Keiler (dative singular)
Keilern (dative definite plural)
Keiler (accusative singular)
Keiler (accusative definite plural)


Wildschwein

Wildschwein n (strong, genitive Wildschweines or Wildschweins, plural Wildschweine, diminutive Wildschweinchen n)

Wildschweines (genitive)
Wildschweins (genitive)
Wildschweine (plural)
Wildschweinchen (diminutive neuter)
Wildschwein (nominative singular)
Wildschweine (definite nominative plural)
Wildschweines (genitive singular)
Wildschweins (genitive singular)
Wildschweine (definite genitive plural)
Wildschwein (dative singular)
Wildschweine (dative singular)
Wildschweinen (dative definite plural)
Wildschwein (accusative singular)
Wildschweine (accusative definite plural)

Inherited from Middle High German wiltswīn. By surface analysis, wild + Schwein.


Frischling

de-noun

Frischling m (strong, genitive Frischlings, plural Frischlinge)

Frischlings (genitive)
Frischlinge (plural)
Frischling (nominative singular)
Frischlinge (definite nominative plural)
Frischlings (genitive singular)
Frischlinge (definite genitive plural)
Frischling (dative singular)
Frischlingen (dative definite plural)
Frischling (accusative singular)
Frischlinge (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German vrischinc, Old High German frisking (“beast of offering”).

inh

A young/immature wild boar. The generic term is Wildschwein.


Schwein

de-noun

Schwein n (strong, genitive Schweines or Schweins, plural Schweine, diminutive Schweinchen n or Schweinderl n)

Schweines (genitive)
Schweins (genitive)
Schweine (plural)
Schweinchen (diminutive neuter)
Schweinderl (diminutive neuter)
Schwein (nominative singular)
Schweine (definite nominative plural)
Schweines (genitive singular)
Schweins (genitive singular)
Schweine (definite genitive plural)
Schwein (dative singular)
Schweine (dative singular)
Schweinen (dative definite plural)
Schwein (accusative singular)
Schweine (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German swīn, from Old High German swīn (akin to Old Saxon swīn), from Proto-West Germanic *swīn.
Compare Low German Swin, Swien, Schwien (Schweyn), Dutch zwijn, English swine, Danish svin (also comparable to Latin suīnus and to Polish świnia).

cog

(often construed with haben) luck, good fortune


Eber

de-noun

Eber m (strong, genitive Ebers, plural Eber)

Ebers (genitive)
Eber (plural)
Eber (nominative singular)
Eber (definite nominative plural)
Ebers (genitive singular)
Eber (definite genitive plural)
Eber (dative singular)
Ebern (dative definite plural)
Eber (accusative singular)
Eber (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German ëber, from Old High German ebur, from Proto-West Germanic *ebur, from Proto-Germanic *eburaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-.
Cognate with Dutch ever, Latin aper, Serbo-Croatian vepar. Despite the similarity in form and meaning, not related to obsolete dialectal Bär (“boar”) (which see), nor to Bär (“bear”).


Sau

Sau f (genitive Sau, plural Säue or Sauen)

Sau (genitive)
Säue (plural)
Sauen (plural)
Sau (nominative singular)
Säue (definite nominative plural)
Sauen (definite nominative plural)
Sau (genitive singular)
Säue (definite genitive plural)
Sauen (definite genitive plural)
Sau (dative singular)
Säuen (dative definite plural)
Sauen (dative definite plural)
Sau (accusative singular)
Säue (accusative definite plural)
Sauen (accusative definite plural)

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

(archaic or dialectal) pig (male or female)

(figurative) a dislikable or unethical person


Kren

Kren m (strong, genitive Krenes or Krens, no plural)

Krenes (genitive)
Krens (genitive)
Kren (nominative singular)
Krenes (genitive singular)
Krens (genitive singular)
Kren (dative singular)
Krene (dative singular)
Kren (accusative singular)

From Middle High German krēn, krēne, chrēn. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *xrěnъ via a Slavic language like Czech křen (compare Silesian East Central German Krên), used in southern Germany and Austria.

Armoracia rusticana
Armoracia rusticana#Translingual

(Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany) horseradish (plant of the mustard family, Armoracia rusticana)


Amaryllis

Amaryllis f (genitive Amaryllis, plural Amaryllen)

Amaryllis (genitive)
Amaryllen (plural)
Amaryllis (nominative singular)
Amaryllen (definite nominative plural)
Amaryllis (genitive singular)
Amaryllen (definite genitive plural)
Amaryllis (dative singular)
Amaryllen (dative definite plural)
Amaryllis (accusative singular)
Amaryllen (accusative definite plural)

From Latin Amaryllis (“a country girl in Virgil's Eclogues”), from Ancient Greek Ἀμαρυλλίς (Amarullís, from ἀμαρύσσω (amarússō, “I shine”)).

der

from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἀμαρύσσω</i> (amarússō, “I shine”)


Rhododendron

de-noun

Rhododendron m (strong, genitive Rhododendrons, plural Rhododendren)

Rhododendrons (genitive)
Rhododendren (plural)

rhododendron (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)


Mandel

Mandel f (genitive Mandel, plural Mandeln)

Mandel (genitive)
Mandeln (plural)
Mandel (nominative singular)
Mandeln (definite nominative plural)
Mandel (genitive singular)
Mandeln (definite genitive plural)
Mandel (dative singular)
Mandeln (dative definite plural)
Mandel (accusative singular)
Mandeln (accusative definite plural)

→ Faroese: mandla

→ Icelandic: mandla

→ Kashubian: mandla

→ Romansch: mandel

→ Swedish: mandel

From Middle High German mandel, from Old High German mandala, from Proto-West Germanic *mandalā (“almond”). Doublet of Amygdala and Mandorla.

de:Mandel (Begriffsklärung)
de:Mandel (Familienname)


Vogel

de-proper noun

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

Vogels (genitive masculine)
Vogel (genitive masculine)
Vogel (feminine genitive)
Vogels (plural)
Vogel (plural)

From Middle High German vogel, vagel, from Old High German fogal, fugal, from Proto-West Germanic *fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz; possibly related to *fleuganą (“to fly”) through dissimilation from earlier *fluglaz. Cognates include Low German Vagel, Dutch vogel, English fowl, Danish fugl, Swedish fågel, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍃 (fugls).

a common surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname, or as an occupational name for a catcher of birds


Schlange

de-noun

Schlange f (genitive Schlange, plural Schlangen, diminutive Schlängelchen n or Schlänglein n)

Schlange (genitive)
Schlangen (plural)
Schlängelchen (diminutive neuter)
Schlänglein (diminutive neuter)
Schlange (nominative singular)
Schlangen (definite nominative plural)
Schlange (genitive singular)
Schlangen (definite genitive plural)
Schlange (dative singular)
Schlangen (dative definite plural)
Schlange (accusative singular)
Schlangen (accusative definite plural)

→ Georgian: შლანგი (šlangi)

→ Hungarian: slag

desc

→ Persian: شلنگ (šlang, šelang, šelang, “hose”)

→ Russian: шланг (šlang)

→ Silesian: szlanga

From Middle High German slange, from Old High German slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô. Cognate with German Low German Slang (“snake”), Dutch slang (“snake”), West Frisian slang (“snake”). Compare also Albanian shlligë (“adder”).


Wurm

de-noun

m:n􂀿alternatively when meaning "baby, mite"􂁀,es:s,^er:^e􂀿archaic􂁀

Wurm m or (alternatively when meaning "baby, mite") n (strong, genitive Wurmes or Wurms, plural Würmer or (archaic) Würme, diminutive Würmchen n or Würmlein n)

meaning "baby
mite"
Wurmes (genitive)
Wurms (genitive)
Würmer (plural)
Würme (archaic plural)
Würmchen (diminutive neuter)
Würmlein (diminutive neuter)
Wurm (definite nominative singular)
Würmer (definite nominative plural)
Würme (archaic definite nominative plural)
Wurmes (genitive singular)
Wurms (genitive singular)
Würmer (definite genitive plural)
Würme (archaic definite genitive plural)
Wurm (dative singular)
Wurme (dative singular)
Würmern (dative definite plural)
Würmen (archaic dative definite plural)
Wurm (accusative definite singular)
Würmer (accusative definite plural)
Würme (accusative archaic definite plural)

From Middle High German wurm, from Old High German wurm, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis. Cognate with Dutch worm, English worm, West Frisian wjirm, Danish orm, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms).

(colloquial, endearing) a baby or small child; a mite; any helpless creature


Wald

Wald m (strong, genitive Waldes or Walds, plural Wälder, diminutive Wäldchen n or Wäldlein n)

Waldes (genitive)
Walds (genitive)
Wälder (plural)
Wäldchen (diminutive neuter)
Wäldlein (diminutive neuter)
Wald (nominative singular)
Wälder (definite nominative plural)
Waldes (genitive singular)
Walds (genitive singular)
Wälder (definite genitive plural)
Wald (dative singular)
Walde (dative singular)
Wäldern (dative definite plural)
Wald (accusative singular)
Wälder (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German walt, from Old High German wald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu.
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch woud, Old English weald (English weald, wold), Old Norse vǫllr (Faroese vøllur, Norwegian Bokmål voll, Norwegian Nynorsk voll, Icelandic völlur).


Blume

Blume f (genitive Blume, plural Blumen, diminutive Blümelein n or Blümlein n or Blümchen n)

Blume (genitive)
Blumen (plural)
Blümelein (diminutive neuter)
Blümlein (diminutive neuter)
Blümchen (diminutive neuter)
Blume (nominative singular)
Blumen (definite nominative plural)
Blume (genitive singular)
Blumen (definite genitive plural)
Blume (dative singular)
Blumen (dative definite plural)
Blume (accusative singular)
Blumen (accusative definite plural)

→ Silesian: bluma

From Middle High German bluome, from Old High German bluomo, from Proto-West Germanic *blōmō (“flower”).

Insekten helfen Blumen bei der Reproduktion.

Die breite Varietät an Blumensorten faszinierte die Menschen schon lange

The wide range of different kinds of flowers has fascinated man for ages.

(botany) flower, blossom (colorful, conspicuous reproductive structure(s) of an angiosperm)

(loosely, colloquial, usually in the plural) plant, houseplant (plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes)

(chemistry) efflorescence (formation of a powdery surface on crystals)

Blumen sind häufig ein Bestandteil von Symbolen auf Flaggen und Wappen

Flowers are often a building block of symbols on flags.

Die Blume, welche England symbolisiert, ist die rote Rose

The flower which symbolizes England is the red rose.

(heraldry) flower (symbol representing a flower)

(hunting) tail, scut (short, erect tail of a hare)

Sehr zu unterscheiden ist die eigentliche Blume des Weins von mancher Trauben-Art, von dem sogenannten Bodengefährt, oder dem besondern anfänglich in der Regel unangenehmen Beigeschmack, welcher sich in Folge des Einflußes des Bodens und der Düngung der Weinpflanzungen, oder der Ausdünstungen ihrer Umgebungen dem Beeren-Safte mittheilt.

1829, Karl Gok, Die Wein-Rebe mit ihren Arten und Abarten, page 62:

nose, bouquet (scent of a particular wine)


Nase

Nase f (genitive Nase, plural Nasen, diminutive Näschen n or Näslein n)

Nase (genitive)
Nasen (plural)
Näschen (diminutive neuter)
Näslein (diminutive neuter)
Nase (nominative singular)
Nasen (definite nominative plural)
Nase (genitive singular)
Nasen (definite genitive plural)
Nase (dative singular)
Nasen (dative definite plural)
Nase (accusative singular)
Nasen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German nase, from Old High German nasa, from Proto-West Germanic *nasu, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Compare Low German Nees, Norwegian nese, English nose.


Katze

Katze f (genitive Katze, plural Katzen, diminutive Kätzchen n or Kätzlein n, masculine männliche Katze or Kater, feminine weibliche Katze or Kätzin or Katerin)

Katze (genitive)
Katzen (plural)
Kätzchen (diminutive neuter)
Kätzlein (diminutive neuter)
männliche Katze (masculine)
Kater (masculine)
weibliche Katze (feminine)
Kätzin (feminine)
Katerin (feminine)
Katze (nominative singular)
Katzen (definite nominative plural)
Katze (genitive singular)
Katzen (definite genitive plural)
Katze (dative singular)
Katzen (dative definite plural)
Katze (accusative singular)
Katzen (accusative definite plural)

Austro-Bavarian, Switzerland, regional Germany

Inherited from Middle High German katze, Old High German kazza, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus. Akin to Old English catt (“cat”).

ist die Katze aus dem Haus, tanzen die Mäuse auf dem Tisch

(astronomy, historical) the obsolete constellation Felis


Elch

Elch m (strong, genitive Elches or Elchs, plural Elche, masculine Elchbulle, feminine Elchkuh or Elchin)

Elches (genitive)
Elchs (genitive)
Elche (plural)
Elchbulle (masculine)
Elchkuh (feminine)
Elchin (feminine)
Elch (nominative singular)
Elche (definite nominative plural)
Elches (genitive singular)
Elchs (genitive singular)
Elche (definite genitive plural)
Elch (dative singular)
Elche (dative singular)
Elchen (dative definite plural)
Elch (accusative singular)
Elche (accusative definite plural)

→ Luxembourgish: Elch

From Middle High German elch, elhe, from Old High German elahho, eliho, elcho, from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *elhô.
In Early Modern German, the word had been entirely replaced with Elen (see there). In the late 18th century, the form Elk was borrowed from English elk, principally for the North American moose (then still thus called). This subsequently triggered renewed use of Elch, be it based on Middle High German or on East Prussian dialects where the word may have survived. After the mid-19th century, Elch began to make inroads, possibly reinforced by the entry Elen (1859) in the Deutsches Wörterbuch, where Grimm spoke disparagingly of this supposedly non-Germanic word.


Erdnuss

Erdnuss f (genitive Erdnuss, plural Erdnüsse, diminutive Erdnüsschen n or Erdnüsslein n)

Erdnuss (genitive)
Erdnüsse (plural)
Erdnüsschen (diminutive neuter)
Erdnüsslein (diminutive neuter)
Erdnuss (nominative singular)
Erdnüsse (definite nominative plural)
Erdnuss (genitive singular)
Erdnüsse (definite genitive plural)
Erdnuss (dative singular)
Erdnüssen (dative definite plural)
Erdnuss (accusative singular)
Erdnüsse (accusative definite plural)

Arachis hypogaea
Arachis hypogaea#Translingual

peanut, goober (Arachis hypogaea plant and produce)

Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus esculentus#Translingual

(obsolete) tiger nut, chufa (Cyperus esculentus plant and produce)

Lathyrus tuberosus
Lathyrus tuberosus#Translingual

(obsolete) earthnut pea (Lathyrus tuberosus plant and produce)


Lemongras

Lemongras n (strong, genitive Lemongrases, no plural)

Lemongrases (genitive)
Lemongras (nominative singular)
Lemongrases (genitive singular)
Lemongras (dative singular)
Lemongrase (dative singular)
Lemongras (accusative singular)


Erika

a female given name from the North Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Erik; variant form Erica; sometimes interpreted as a flower name


Geranie

Geranie f (genitive Geranie, plural Geranien)

Geranie (genitive)
Geranien (plural)
Geranie (nominative singular)
Geranien (definite nominative plural)
Geranie (genitive singular)
Geranien (definite genitive plural)
Geranie (dative singular)
Geranien (dative definite plural)
Geranie (accusative singular)
Geranien (accusative definite plural)

/ɡeˈʁaːni̯ə/


Aal

Aal m (strong, genitive Aales or Aals, plural Aale, diminutive Älchen n)

Aales (genitive)
Aals (genitive)
Aale (plural)
Älchen (diminutive neuter)
Aal (nominative singular)
Aale (definite nominative plural)
Aales (genitive singular)
Aals (genitive singular)
Aale (definite genitive plural)
Aal (dative singular)
Aale (dative singular)
Aalen (dative definite plural)
Aal (accusative singular)
Aale (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German āl, from Old High German āl, from Proto-West Germanic *āl, whence English eel.

Er ist so glatt wie ein Aal.


Agave

Agave (genitive)
Agaven (plural)
Agave (nominative singular)
Agaven (definite nominative plural)
Agave (genitive singular)
Agaven (definite genitive plural)
Agave (dative singular)
Agaven (dative definite plural)
Agave (accusative singular)
Agaven (accusative definite plural)

From Ancient Greek Ἀγαύη (Agaúē, “Agave”).


Albatros

Albatros m (strong, genitive Albatros, plural Albatrosse)

Albatros (genitive)
Albatrosse (plural)
Albatros (nominative singular)
Albatrosse (definite nominative plural)
Albatros (genitive singular)
Albatrosse (definite genitive plural)
Albatros (dative singular)
Albatrossen (dative definite plural)
Albatros (accusative singular)
Albatrosse (accusative definite plural)


Alligator

Alligator m (mixed, genitive Alligators, plural Alligatoren)

Alligators (genitive)
Alligatoren (plural)
Alligator (nominative singular)
Alligatoren (definite nominative plural)
Alligators (genitive singular)
Alligatoren (definite genitive plural)
Alligator (dative singular)
Alligatoren (dative definite plural)
Alligator (accusative singular)
Alligatoren (accusative definite plural)

16th century, in part directly from Spanish lagarto (“lizard”), in part through English alligator (and its variants). The contemporary form established itself during the 18th century following English (as in all European languages). Ultimately from Latin lacertus.


Ananas

Ananas f (genitive Ananas, plural Ananas or Ananasse)

Ananas (genitive)
Ananas (plural)
Ananasse (plural)
Ananas (nominative singular)
Ananas (definite nominative plural)
Ananasse (definite nominative plural)
Ananas (genitive singular)
Ananas (definite genitive plural)
Ananasse (definite genitive plural)
Ananas (dative singular)
Ananas (dative definite plural)
Ananassen (dative definite plural)
Ananas (accusative singular)
Ananas (accusative definite plural)
Ananasse (accusative definite plural)

16th century, from Middle French ananas and/or Dutch ananas, themselves from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nana.


Appel

Appel m (strong, genitive Appels, plural Äppel)

Appels (genitive)
Äppel (plural)
Appel (nominative singular)
Äppel (definite nominative plural)
Appels (genitive singular)
Äppel (definite genitive plural)
Appel (dative singular)
Äppeln (dative definite plural)
Appel (accusative singular)
Äppel (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from German Low German and Central German form of standard Upper German Apfel (compare Middle Low German appel). Adopted from there into colloquial standard German.

Ich hab den ganzen Tag noch nix gegessen außer 'n Appel heut morgen.

I haven't eaten anything the whole day except an apple this morning.

(colloquial, regional, northern and central Germany) Alternative form of Apfel (“apple”)


Aubergine

Aubergine f (genitive Aubergine, plural Auberginen)

Aubergine (genitive)
Auberginen (plural)
Aubergine (nominative singular)
Auberginen (definite nominative plural)
Aubergine (genitive singular)
Auberginen (definite genitive plural)
Aubergine (dative singular)
Auberginen (dative definite plural)
Aubergine (accusative singular)
Auberginen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈoːbɛrˌʃiːnə/

common form in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine. Doublet of Melanzani.

ubor

aubergine, eggplant (plant, vegetable, herb)


Avocado

de-noun

Avocado f (genitive Avocado, plural Avocados)

Avocado (genitive)
Avocados (plural)
Avocado (nominative singular)
Avocados (definite nominative plural)
Avocado (genitive singular)
Avocados (definite genitive plural)
Avocado (dative singular)
Avocados (dative definite plural)
Avocado (accusative singular)
Avocados (accusative definite plural)


Axolotl

Axolotl m (strong, genitive Axolotls, plural Axolotl)

Axolotls (genitive)
Axolotl (plural)
Axolotl (nominative singular)
Axolotl (definite nominative plural)
Axolotls (genitive singular)
Axolotl (definite genitive plural)
Axolotl (dative singular)
Axolotl (dative definite plural)
Axolotl (accusative singular)
Axolotl (accusative definite plural)


Banane

Banane f (genitive Banane, plural Bananen, diminutive Banänchen n)

Banane (genitive)
Bananen (plural)
Banänchen (diminutive neuter)
Banane (nominative singular)
Bananen (definite nominative plural)
Banane (genitive singular)
Bananen (definite genitive plural)
Banane (dative singular)
Bananen (dative definite plural)
Banane (accusative singular)
Bananen (accusative definite plural)

→ Hunsrik: Banann

16th century, from Portuguese banana, from a Niger-Congo language of West Africa. A further origin from Arabic بَنان (banān, “fingertips”) has been considered, but there is no particular reason to believe the similarity to be anything but coincidental. (The use of بنان for “banana” in Maghrebi Arabic dialects is borrowed from European languages.) The German form in -e is attested from the 19th century, though it may be somewhat older in speech.


Barbe

Barbe (genitive)
Barben (plural)
Barbe (nominative singular)
Barben (definite nominative plural)
Barbe (genitive singular)
Barben (definite genitive plural)
Barbe (dative singular)
Barben (dative definite plural)
Barbe (accusative singular)
Barben (accusative definite plural)


Boa

Boa (genitive)
Boas (plural)
Boa (nominative singular)
Boas (definite nominative plural)
Boa (genitive singular)
Boas (definite genitive plural)
Boa (dative singular)
Boas (dative definite plural)
Boa (accusative singular)
Boas (accusative definite plural)


Bock

Bock m (strong, genitive Bockes or Bocks, plural Böcke, diminutive Böckchen n or Böcklein n)

Bockes (genitive)
Bocks (genitive)
Böcke (plural)
Böckchen (diminutive neuter)
Böcklein (diminutive neuter)
Bock (nominative singular)
Böcke (definite nominative plural)
Bockes (genitive singular)
Bocks (genitive singular)
Böcke (definite genitive plural)
Bock (dative singular)
Bocke (dative singular)
Böcken (dative definite plural)
Bock (accusative singular)
Böcke (accusative definite plural)

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From Middle High German boc, poc, from Old High German boc, from Proto-West Germanic *bukk. Cognate to English buck, Bavarian Bock, Dutch bok, Norwegian bukk, Swedish bock, Danish buk.

buck, ram; the male of certain animals, especially goat, sheep, and roedeer


Bock

Bock n (strong, genitive Bocks, plural Bock)

Bocks (genitive)
Bock (plural)
Bock (nominative singular)
Bock (definite nominative plural)
Bocks (genitive singular)
Bock (definite genitive plural)
Bock (dative singular)
Bock (dative definite plural)
Bock (accusative singular)
Bock (accusative definite plural)

From a southern German alteration of Einbeck, a brewery town in Lower Saxony, where the beer originally hails from. The Low German placename suffix -beck (“-brook”) was reinterpreted in southern dialects as the plural of Bock (etymology 1 above). Compare a fuller form still in Bavarian Oambock, Ambock.


Bonsai

Bonsai m (strong, genitive Bonsais or Bonsai, plural Bonsais)

Bonsais (genitive)
Bonsai (genitive)
Bonsais (plural)
Bonsai (nominative singular)
Bonsais (definite nominative plural)
Bonsais (genitive singular)
Bonsai (genitive singular)
Bonsais (definite genitive plural)
Bonsai (dative singular)
Bonsais (dative definite plural)
Bonsai (accusative singular)
Bonsais (accusative definite plural)


Box

Box (genitive)
Boxen (plural)
Box (nominative singular)
Boxen (definite nominative plural)
Box (genitive singular)
Boxen (definite genitive plural)
Box (dative singular)
Boxen (dative definite plural)
Box (accusative singular)
Boxen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from English box. Doublet of Büchse (“can”) and Buchse (“bushing, connector”).

doublet

(equestrianism) a stall for a horse (compartment in a stable); not used for a horsebox, which is Pferdeanhänger


Bär

de-proper noun

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

Bärs (genitive masculine)
Bär (genitive masculine)
Bär (feminine genitive)
Bärs (plural)

From Middle High German bër m, Old High German bero m, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô, conventionally taken to be a taboo-avoidance term derived from the word for "brown".
Compare Dutch beer, English bear, West Frisian bear, Danish bjørn.

a common surname transferred from the nickname


Cannabis

de-noun

Cannabis n or m (strong, genitive Cannabis, no plural)

Cannabis (genitive)
Cannabis (definite nominative singular)
Cannabis (genitive singular)
Cannabis (dative singular)
Cannabis (accusative definite singular)


Dachshund

Dachshund m (strong, genitive Dachshundes or Dachshunds, plural Dachshunde, feminine Dachshündin)

Dachshundes (genitive)
Dachshunds (genitive)
Dachshunde (plural)
Dachshündin (feminine)
Dachshund (nominative singular)
Dachshunde (definite nominative plural)
Dachshundes (genitive singular)
Dachshunds (genitive singular)
Dachshunde (definite genitive plural)
Dachshund (dative singular)
Dachshunde (dative singular)
Dachshunden (dative definite plural)
Dachshund (accusative singular)
Dachshunde (accusative definite plural)

→ English: dachshund

→ Irish: broc-chú (calque)

→ Manx: coo brock (calque)

→ Russian: та́кса (táksa)

15th c., from Dachs (“badger”) + Hund (“dog”), because the breed was used for hunting badgers.

(archaic) dachshund (sausage dog, wiener dog)

(archaic, loosely) a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset hound


Dill

Dill m (strong, genitive Dilles or Dills, plural Dille)

Dilles (genitive)
Dills (genitive)
Dille (plural)
Dill (nominative singular)
Dille (definite nominative plural)
Dilles (genitive singular)
Dills (genitive singular)
Dille (definite genitive plural)
Dill (dative singular)
Dille (dative singular)
Dillen (dative definite plural)
Dill (accusative singular)
Dille (accusative definite plural)

→ Kashubian: dil

→ Latvian: dilles

→ Romansch: dil

→ Lower Sorbian: dyla

With Central German consonantism from Middle High German tille, from Old High German tilli, from Proto-West Germanic *dili.

Ein Exempel einer glücklichen Cur findet sich auch in M. N. C. Dec. I. A. I. p. 119. welche von D. Cummio also lautet: „Anno 1667 bekame einen Knaben von 6 Jahren zu Hannover in die Cur, dessen Haupt so groß war, als eines 18 jährigen Menschens, und der Schwulst über die Augen und Nasen hinge; hergegen die untern Gliedmassen abgezehret waren. […] An beyde Beine ließ ich Cauteria appliciren, und purgierte den Leib wöchentlich 4mal mit Syr. diac. nici. Unter das ordinaire Geträncke ließ ich etliche Tropfen Ol. Tart. per del. thun, die Speisen mit Anis, Kümmel und Till würtzen.

1750, Johann Storch, Theoretische und practische Abhandlung von Kinder-Kranckheiten, Eisenach: Michael Gottlieb Grießbach, pages 406–407:

One example of successful treatment can also be found in M. N. C. Dec. I. A. I. p. 119 by D. Cummio, which goes like: “In the year 1667 I got a boy of 6 years to treat in Hannover, whose head was as large as that of an 18-year-old man, and the swelling was hanging over eyes and nose; whereas the lower limbs were emaciated. […] On both legs I applied cauteries, and purged the body weekly 4 times with Syr. diac. nici. Into the regular drink I let put several drops of Ol. Tar. per del. thun, the foods I let be spiced with anise, caraway and dill.

Anethum graveolens
Anethum graveolens#Translingual

dill (herb of the species Anethum graveolens)


Dingo

Dingo m (strong, genitive Dingos, plural Dingos)

Dingos (genitive)
Dingos (plural)
Dingo (nominative singular)
Dingos (definite nominative plural)
Dingos (genitive singular)
Dingos (definite genitive plural)
Dingo (dative singular)
Dingos (dative definite plural)
Dingo (accusative singular)
Dingos (accusative definite plural)


Dogge

Dogge (genitive)
Doggen (plural)
Dogge (nominative singular)
Doggen (definite nominative plural)
Dogge (genitive singular)
Doggen (definite genitive plural)
Dogge (dative singular)
Doggen (dative definite plural)
Dogge (accusative singular)
Doggen (accusative definite plural)

First borrowed as Dock from early modern English dog, dogge (from Old English docga, Old English dogga). Later, the Middle Low German form with -gg- became the accepted form (borrowed from the same English source). Compare Dutch dogge.


Dugong

Dugong m (strong, genitive Dugongs or Dugong, plural Dugongs or Dugonge)

Dugongs (genitive)
Dugong (genitive)
Dugongs (plural)
Dugonge (plural)
Dugong (nominative singular)
Dugongs (definite nominative plural)
Dugonge (definite nominative plural)
Dugongs (genitive singular)
Dugong (genitive singular)
Dugongs (definite genitive plural)
Dugonge (definite genitive plural)
Dugong (dative singular)
Dugongs (dative definite plural)
Dugongen (dative definite plural)
Dugong (accusative singular)
Dugongs (accusative definite plural)
Dugonge (accusative definite plural)


Ei

Ei n (strong, genitive Eies or Eis, plural Eier, diminutive Eichen n or Eierchen n or Eilein n)

Eies (genitive)
Eis (genitive)
Eier (plural)
Eichen (diminutive neuter)
Eierchen (diminutive neuter)
Eilein (diminutive neuter)
Ei (nominative singular)
Eier (definite nominative plural)
Eies (genitive singular)
Eis (genitive singular)
Eier (definite genitive plural)
Ei (dative singular)
Eie (dative singular)
Eiern (dative definite plural)
Ei (accusative singular)
Eier (accusative definite plural)

Inherited from Middle High German ei and Old High German ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.
Cognate with Yiddish איי (ey), Dutch ei, West Frisian aai, English ey and egg, Danish æg.

Mal sehen, ob ihr Eier habt!

(informal, usually in the plural) testicle; ball (also figuratively)


Elefant

Elefant m (weak, genitive Elefanten, plural Elefanten, diminutive Elefäntchen n or Elefäntlein n, feminine Elefantin)

Elefanten (genitive)
Elefanten (plural)
Elefäntchen (diminutive neuter)
Elefäntlein (diminutive neuter)
Elefantin (feminine)
Elefant (nominative singular)
Elefanten (definite nominative plural)
Elefanten (genitive singular)
Elefanten (definite genitive plural)
Elefanten (dative singular)
Elefanten (dative definite plural)
Elefanten (accusative singular)
Elefanten (accusative definite plural)

→ Kashubian: élefant

→ Lower Sorbian: elefant

→ Saterland Frisian: Elefant

From Middle High German elefant, elfant, relatinisation of helfant, from Old High German helfant, from Proto-West Germanic *elpand (“elephant, ivory”).


Emu

de-noun

Emu m (strong, genitive Emus, plural Emus)

Emus (genitive)
Emus (plural)
Emu (nominative singular)
Emus (definite nominative plural)
Emus (genitive singular)
Emus (definite genitive plural)
Emu (dative singular)
Emus (dative definite plural)
Emu (accusative singular)
Emus (accusative definite plural)

Probably from Portuguese ema (“ostrich”), of unknown origin.


Ente

Ente f (genitive Ente, plural Enten, diminutive Entchen n or Entlein n)

Ente (genitive)
Enten (plural)
Entchen (diminutive neuter)
Entlein (diminutive neuter)
Ente (nominative singular)
Enten (definite nominative plural)
Ente (genitive singular)
Enten (definite genitive plural)
Ente (dative singular)
Enten (dative definite plural)
Ente (accusative singular)
Enten (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German ente, confluence of (1.) the plural and oblique singular of ant and (2.) the Old High German variant enita, both from older anut, from Proto-West Germanic *anad. Cognate with Dutch eend.
The sense “canard” (mid-19th c.) is a calque of French canard, but also ties in with the expression blaue Enten (“lies, humbug”, literally “blue ducks”, since 15th c.).
The sense “Citroën 2CV” is shared with Dutch eend.

(informal) Citroën 2CV (an economy car produced by the French company Citroën)


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


Flamingo

Flamingo m (strong, genitive Flamingos, plural Flamingos)

Flamingos (genitive)
Flamingos (plural)
Flamingo (nominative singular)
Flamingos (definite nominative plural)
Flamingos (genitive singular)
Flamingos (definite genitive plural)
Flamingo (dative singular)
Flamingos (dative definite plural)
Flamingo (accusative singular)
Flamingos (accusative definite plural)


Gans

Gans f (genitive Gans, plural Gänse, diminutive Gänschen n or Gänslein n)

Gans (genitive)
Gänse (plural)
Gänschen (diminutive neuter)
Gänslein (diminutive neuter)
Gans (nominative singular)
Gänse (definite nominative plural)
Gans (genitive singular)
Gänse (definite genitive plural)
Gans (dative singular)
Gänsen (dative definite plural)
Gans (accusative singular)
Gänse (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German gans, from Old High German gans, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.
Compare Low German Gans, Goos, Dutch gans, English goose, Danish gås.

eingebildete Gans

dumme Gans

Aber tief muß uns empören / Was wir von der Leda lesen– / Welche Gans bist du gewesen, / Daß ein Schwan dich konnt betören!

1851, Heinrich Heine, “Mythologie”, in Romanzero, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:

(derogatory, for a female referent) hen; silly goose


Gazelle

Gazelle f (genitive Gazelle, plural Gazellen)

Gazelle (genitive)
Gazellen (plural)
Gazelle (nominative singular)
Gazellen (definite nominative plural)
Gazelle (genitive singular)
Gazellen (definite genitive plural)
Gazelle (dative singular)
Gazellen (dative definite plural)
Gazelle (accusative singular)
Gazellen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Italian gazzella, from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl).


Gecko

Gecko m (strong, genitive Geckos, plural Geckos or Geckonen)

Geckos (genitive)
Geckos (plural)
Geckonen (plural)
Gecko (nominative singular)
Geckos (definite nominative plural)
Geckonen (definite nominative plural)
Geckos (genitive singular)
Geckos (definite genitive plural)
Geckonen (definite genitive plural)
Gecko (dative singular)
Geckos (dative definite plural)
Geckonen (dative definite plural)
Gecko (accusative singular)
Geckos (accusative definite plural)
Geckonen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Dutch gekko, further possibly from Malay [Term?] or Acehnese [Term?]. Compare English gecko for more.


Giraffe

Giraffe f (genitive Giraffe, plural Giraffen, feminine Giraffin)

Giraffe (genitive)
Giraffen (plural)
Giraffin (feminine)
Giraffe (nominative singular)
Giraffen (definite nominative plural)
Giraffe (genitive singular)
Giraffen (definite genitive plural)
Giraffe (dative singular)
Giraffen (dative definite plural)
Giraffe (accusative singular)
Giraffen (accusative definite plural)

predominant; only common form in Germany

From Middle High German geraff, seraffe, schraffe, partly via Italian giraffa, partly directly (in travel reports) from Arabic زَرافَة (zarāfa).


Gnu

Gnu n (strong, genitive Gnus, plural Gnus)

Gnus (genitive)
Gnus (plural)
Gnu (nominative singular)
Gnus (definite nominative plural)
Gnus (genitive singular)
Gnus (definite genitive plural)
Gnu (dative singular)
Gnus (dative definite plural)
Gnu (accusative singular)
Gnus (accusative definite plural)

From Khoekhoe !nu:, possibly via Dutch gnoe.


Gorilla

Gorilla m (strong, genitive Gorillas, plural Gorillas or Gorilla)

Gorillas (genitive)
Gorillas (plural)
Gorilla (plural)
Gorilla (nominative singular)
Gorillas (definite nominative plural)
Gorilla (definite nominative plural)
Gorillas (genitive singular)
Gorillas (definite genitive plural)
Gorilla (definite genitive plural)
Gorilla (dative singular)
Gorillas (dative definite plural)
Gorilla (dative definite plural)
Gorilla (accusative singular)
Gorillas (accusative definite plural)
Gorilla (accusative definite plural)


Gras

Gras n (strong, genitive Grases, plural Gräser)

Grases (genitive)
Gräser (plural)
Gras (nominative singular)
Gräser (definite nominative plural)
Grases (genitive singular)
Gräser (definite genitive plural)
Gras (dative singular)
Grase (dative singular)
Gräsern (dative definite plural)
Gras (accusative singular)
Gräser (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German gras, from Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“grow, become green”). Compare Low German Gras, Dutch gras, English grass, Danish græs.


Hai

de-noun

Hai m (strong, genitive Haies or Hais, plural Haie)

Haies (genitive)
Hais (genitive)
Haie (plural)
Hai (nominative singular)
Haie (definite nominative plural)
Haies (genitive singular)
Hais (genitive singular)
Haie (definite genitive plural)
Hai (dative singular)
Haie (dative singular)
Haien (dative definite plural)
Hai (accusative singular)
Haie (accusative definite plural)

Early 17th century, from Dutch haai, from Middle Dutch haey (15th c.), from Old Norse hár, há- (“shark”).


Hamster

Hamster m (strong, genitive Hamsters, plural Hamster)

Hamsters (genitive)
Hamster (plural)
Hamster (nominative singular)
Hamster (definite nominative plural)
Hamsters (genitive singular)
Hamster (definite genitive plural)
Hamster (dative singular)
Hamstern (dative definite plural)
Hamster (accusative singular)
Hamster (accusative definite plural)

→ Catalan: hàmster

desctree

→ English: hamster, hampster (obsolete)
→ Japanese: ハムスター (hamusutā)
→ Korean: 햄스터 (haemseuteo)
→ Scottish Gaelic: hamstair
→ Tagalog: hamster
→ Thai: แฮมสเตอร์ (hɛms-dtə̂ə)
→ Turkish: hamster

→ Danish: hamster

→ Dutch: hamster
→ Papiamentu: hamster

→ French: hamster

→ Luxembourgish: Hamster

→ Norwegian Bokmål: hamster

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: hamster

→ Portuguese: hamster

→ Romanian: hamster

→ Swedish: hamster

From Middle High German hamster, from Old High German hamastra, hamustro, probably from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ (xoměstorŭ), хомѣстаръ (xoměstarŭ). Further explained as a borrowing into Slavic from Iranian, compare Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭- (hamaēstar-, “who throws down (in this case: corn stalks), oppresses”).
Alternatively, a compound of (1) хомѣкъ (xoměkŭ, “hamster”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kāmjas and of (2) Baltic *staras, but this would require irregular compound formation (*хомѣкосторъ would be expected, unless perhaps the compound was based on a word whose diminutive was хомѣкъ) and an irregular Proto-Slavic *x from Proto-Balto-Slavic *k.


Hummer

de-noun

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.


Hund

Hündin􂀿for the animal􂁀,Petze􂀿for the animal􂁀,Zaupe􂀿for the animal􂁀,Zibbe􂀿for the animal􂁀

Hund m (strong, genitive Hundes or Hunds, plural Hunde or (regionally) Hünde, diminutive Hündchen n or Hündlein n or Hundchen n, masculine (for the animal) Rüde, feminine (for the animal) Hündin or Petze or Zaupe or Zibbe)

Hundes (genitive)
Hunds (genitive)
Hunde (plural)
Hünde (plural)
Hündchen (diminutive neuter)
Hündlein (diminutive neuter)
Hundchen (diminutive neuter)
Rüde (masculine)
Hündin (feminine)
Petze (feminine)
Zaupe (feminine)
Zibbe (feminine)
Hund (nominative singular)
Hunde (definite nominative plural)
Hünde (definite nominative nonstandard plural)
Hundes (genitive singular)
Hunds (genitive singular)
Hunde (definite genitive plural)
Hünde (definite genitive nonstandard plural)
Hund (dative singular)
Hunde (dative singular)
Hunden (dative definite plural)
Hünden (dative definite nonstandard plural)
Hund (accusative singular)
Hunde (accusative definite plural)
Hünde (accusative definite nonstandard plural)

→ Esperanto: hundo
→ Ido: hundo

From Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.
Cognates
Cognates include Dutch hond, English hound, Danish hund, Icelandic hundur, and Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds).

etymon

A board with casters used to transport heavy objects.


Impala

de-noun

Impala f (genitive Impala, plural Impalas)

Impala (genitive)
Impalas (plural)
Impala (nominative singular)
Impalas (definite nominative plural)
Impala (genitive singular)
Impalas (definite genitive plural)
Impala (dative singular)
Impalas (dative definite plural)
Impala (accusative singular)
Impalas (accusative definite plural)


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:


Jaguar

Jaguar m (strong, genitive Jaguars, plural Jaguare, feminine Jaguarin)

Jaguars (genitive)
Jaguare (plural)
Jaguarin (feminine)
Jaguar (nominative singular)
Jaguare (definite nominative plural)
Jaguars (genitive singular)
Jaguare (definite genitive plural)
Jaguar (dative singular)
Jaguaren (dative definite plural)
Jaguar (accusative singular)
Jaguare (accusative definite plural)

[ˈjaːˌɡʋaː(ɐ̯)]

Borrowed from Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.

Panthera onca
Panthera onca#Translingual


Joint

Joint m (strong, genitive Joints, plural Joints)

Joints (genitive)
Joints (plural)
Joint (nominative singular)
Joints (definite nominative plural)
Joints (genitive singular)
Joints (definite genitive plural)
Joint (dative singular)
Joints (dative definite plural)
Joint (accusative singular)
Joints (accusative definite plural)

einen Joint drehen


Junges

Junges n (adjectival, definite nominative das Junge, genitive (des) Jungen, plural Junge, definite plural die Jungen)

das Junge (definite nominative)
Jungen (genitive)
Junge (plural)
die Jungen (definite plural)
Junges (nominative singular strong)
Junge (nominative plural strong)
Jungen (genitive singular strong)
Junger (genitive plural strong)
Jungem (dative singular strong)
Jungen (dative plural strong)
Junges (accusative singular strong)
Junge (accusative plural strong)
Junge (nominative singular weak)
Jungen (nominative plural weak)
Jungen (genitive singular weak)
Jungen (genitive plural weak)
Jungen (dative singular weak)
Jungen (dative plural weak)
Junge (accusative singular weak)
Jungen (accusative plural weak)
Junges (mixed nominative singular)
Jungen (mixed nominative plural)
Jungen (genitive mixed singular)
Jungen (genitive mixed plural)
Jungen (dative mixed singular)
Jungen (dative mixed plural)
Junges (accusative mixed singular)
Jungen (accusative mixed plural)

Nominalization of the adjective jung (“young”).

nominalization of junges: the immature young of an animal species other than humans


Kater

Kater m (strong, genitive Katers, plural Kater, feminine Katze or Kätzin)

Katers (genitive)
Kater (plural)
Katze (feminine)
Kätzin (feminine)
Kater (nominative singular)
Kater (definite nominative plural)
Katers (genitive singular)
Kater (definite genitive plural)
Kater (dative singular)
Katern (dative definite plural)
Kater (accusative singular)
Kater (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German katere, from Old High German kataro, from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō (“male cat; tomcat”), akin to Yiddish קאָטער (koter), German Low German Kater, Dutch kater, Saterland Frisian Koater, English caterwaul, Luxembourgish Kueder.


Kater

de-noun

Kater m (strong, genitive Katers, plural Kater)

Katers (genitive)
Kater (plural)
Kater (nominative singular)
Kater (definite nominative plural)
Katers (genitive singular)
Kater (definite genitive plural)
Kater (dative singular)
Katern (dative definite plural)
Kater (accusative singular)
Kater (accusative definite plural)

→ Dutch: kater

Humorous alteration of Katarrh (“catarrh”), after somewhat older Katzenjammer.

Ja, der altgermanische Met war ein Tränkchen, dessen Vollgenuß man nicht so leicht vergaß. Wer den braunen, reichlich süßen Saft einmal zu sich genommen, z. B. in jenem uralten Metkeller Wiens, dem »süßen Löch'l«, der erinnert sich, auch nach Jahren noch, mit recht geteilten Gefühlen der bittersüßen Nachwirkungen, die sich mild aber doppelt äußern, ehe sie als geradezu unverwüstlicher Kater ausklingen.

1903, Max Bauer, Der deutsche Durst: Methyologische Skizzen der deutschen Kulturgeschichte:

Yes, the old Germanic mead was a little drink whose pleasure one did not so easily forget. Whoever once took in the brown, richly sweet juice, for instance in that ancient Viennese mead cellar, the ‘Sweet Hole’, would remember with quite mixed feelings, even years later, the bittersweet aftereffects that show up mild but twice as strong before they fade away in a downright inexhaustible hangover.


Kea

Kea m (strong, genitive Keas, plural Keas)

Keas (genitive)
Keas (plural)
Kea (nominative singular)
Keas (definite nominative plural)
Keas (genitive singular)
Keas (definite genitive plural)
Kea (dative singular)
Keas (dative definite plural)
Kea (accusative singular)
Keas (accusative definite plural)


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”).


Kiwi

Kiwi f (genitive Kiwi, plural Kiwi or Kiwis)

Kiwi (genitive)
Kiwi (plural)
Kiwis (plural)
Kiwi (nominative singular)
Kiwi (definite nominative plural)
Kiwis (definite nominative plural)
Kiwi (genitive singular)
Kiwi (definite genitive plural)
Kiwis (definite genitive plural)
Kiwi (dative singular)
Kiwi (dative definite plural)
Kiwis (dative definite plural)
Kiwi (accusative singular)
Kiwi (accusative definite plural)
Kiwis (accusative definite plural)

(both unusual in everyday use)


Kiwi

Kiwi m (strong, genitive Kiwis, plural Kiwis)

Kiwis (genitive)
Kiwis (plural)
Kiwi (nominative singular)
Kiwis (definite nominative plural)
Kiwis (genitive singular)
Kiwis (definite genitive plural)
Kiwi (dative singular)
Kiwis (dative definite plural)
Kiwi (accusative singular)
Kiwis (accusative definite plural)


Koala

Koala m (strong, genitive Koalas, plural Koalas)


Kobra

Kobra (genitive)
Kobras (plural)
Kobra (nominative singular)
Kobras (definite nominative plural)
Kobra (genitive singular)
Kobras (definite genitive plural)
Kobra (dative singular)
Kobras (dative definite plural)
Kobra (accusative singular)
Kobras (accusative definite plural)

From Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra.

cobra (venomous snake, especially of the genus Naja)


Känguru

Känguru n (strong, genitive Kängurus, plural Känguru or Kängurus)

Kängurus (genitive)
Känguru (plural)
Kängurus (plural)
Känguru (nominative singular)
Känguru (definite nominative plural)
Kängurus (definite nominative plural)
Kängurus (genitive singular)
Känguru (definite genitive plural)
Kängurus (definite genitive plural)
Känguru (dative singular)
Känguru (dative definite plural)
Kängurus (dative definite plural)
Känguru (accusative singular)
Känguru (accusative definite plural)
Kängurus (accusative definite plural)

→ Luxembourgish: Känguru

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: кенгур

Latin script: kengur

18th century, from English kangooroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”).


Lama

de-noun

Lama m (strong, genitive Lamas, plural Lamas)

Dalai Lama


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.


Lemming

Lemming m (strong, genitive Lemmings, plural Lemminge)

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.


Lemur

Lemur m (weak, genitive Lemuren, plural Lemuren)

Lemuren (genitive)
Lemuren (plural)
Lemur (nominative singular)
Lemuren (definite nominative plural)
Lemuren (genitive singular)
Lemuren (definite genitive plural)
Lemuren (dative singular)
Lemuren (dative definite plural)
Lemuren (accusative singular)
Lemuren (accusative definite plural)


Leopard

Leopard m (weak or strong, genitive Leoparden or (rare, in speech) Leopards, plural Leoparden or (in speech) Leoparde, feminine Leopardin)

Leoparden (genitive)
Leopards (genitive rare)
Leoparden (plural)
Leoparde (plural)
Leopardin (feminine)
Leopard (nominative singular)
Leoparden (definite nominative plural)
Leoparde (definite nominative plural)
Leoparden (genitive singular)
Leopards (genitive rare singular)
Leoparden (definite genitive plural)
Leoparde (definite genitive plural)
Leoparden (dative singular)
Leopard (dative singular)
Leoparden (dative definite plural)
Leoparden (accusative singular)
Leopard (accusative singular)
Leoparden (accusative definite plural)
Leoparde (accusative definite plural)

→ Kashubian: leopard


Limone

Limone f (genitive Limone, plural Limonen)

Limone (genitive)
Limonen (plural)
Limone (nominative singular)
Limonen (definite nominative plural)
Limone (genitive singular)
Limonen (definite genitive plural)
Limone (dative singular)
Limonen (dative definite plural)
Limone (accusative singular)
Limonen (accusative definite plural)


Lurch

Lurch m (strong or weak, genitive Lurchs or Lurchen, plural Lurche or Lurchen)

Lurchs (genitive)
Lurchen (genitive)
Lurche (plural)
Lurchen (plural)
Lurch (nominative singular)
Lurche (definite nominative plural)
Lurchen (definite nominative plural)
Lurchs (genitive singular)
Lurchen (genitive singular)
Lurche (definite genitive plural)
Lurchen (definite genitive plural)
Lurch (dative singular)
Lurchen (dative singular)
Lurchen (dative definite plural)
Lurch (accusative singular)
Lurchen (accusative singular)
Lurche (accusative definite plural)
Lurchen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from German Low German Lork (“toad”), of unknown origin, but possibly imitative. The form Lurch (also obsolete Lorch) is through secondary and inadequate adaptation to the phonetics of standard German.

unk

unknown

onomatopoeic

imitative

Scheuchzers Name ist schließlich auch dadurch in die Literatur eingegangen, daß er ein fossiles Skelett eines Lurchen aus dem obermiozänen Süßwasserkalk von Öhningen am Bodensee für die traurigen Reste eines in der Sintflut umgekommenen armen Sünders hielt (später Andrias scheuchzeri genannt).

1981, Wolfgang Blei, Erkenntniswege zur Erd- und Lebensgeschichte. Ein Abriß (Wissenschaftliche Taschenbücher; 219), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →DOI, page 150:


Mais

de-noun

Mais m (strong, genitive Maises or Mais, no plural)

Maises (genitive)
Mais (genitive)
Mais (nominative singular)
Maises (genitive singular)
Mais (genitive singular)
Mais (dative singular)
Mais (accusative singular)

→ Kashubian: majs

From Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi.


Mamba

Mamba (genitive)
Mambas (plural)
Mamba (nominative singular)
Mambas (definite nominative plural)
Mamba (genitive singular)
Mambas (definite genitive plural)
Mamba (dative singular)
Mambas (dative definite plural)
Mamba (accusative singular)
Mambas (accusative definite plural)


Mango

Mango (genitive)
Mangos (plural)
Mango (nominative singular)
Mangos (definite nominative plural)
Mango (genitive singular)
Mangos (definite genitive plural)
Mango (dative singular)
Mangos (dative definite plural)
Mango (accusative singular)
Mangos (accusative definite plural)

From English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

der

Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy)


Mink

de-noun

Mink m (strong, genitive Minks, plural Minke or Minks)

Minks (genitive)
Minke (plural)
Minks (plural)
Mink (nominative singular)
Minke (definite nominative plural)
Minks (definite nominative plural)
Minks (genitive singular)
Minke (definite genitive plural)
Minks (definite genitive plural)
Mink (dative singular)
Minken (dative definite plural)
Minks (dative definite plural)
Mink (accusative singular)
Minke (accusative definite plural)
Minks (accusative definite plural)

Neovison vison
Neovison vison#Translingual


Natter

Natter f (genitive Natter, plural Nattern)

Natter (genitive)
Nattern (plural)
Natter (nominative singular)
Nattern (definite nominative plural)
Natter (genitive singular)
Nattern (definite genitive plural)
Natter (dative singular)
Nattern (dative definite plural)
Natter (accusative singular)
Nattern (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German nātere, from Old High German nātara (first attested in the 8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā. Doublet of Otter “adder, viper”.


Okapi

Okapi n (strong, genitive Okapis, plural Okapis)

Okapis (genitive)
Okapis (plural)
Okapi (nominative singular)
Okapis (definite nominative plural)
Okapis (genitive singular)
Okapis (definite genitive plural)
Okapi (dative singular)
Okapis (dative definite plural)
Okapi (accusative singular)
Okapis (accusative definite plural)


Olive

Olive (genitive)
Oliven (plural)
Olive (nominative singular)
Oliven (definite nominative plural)
Olive (genitive singular)
Oliven (definite genitive plural)
Olive (dative singular)
Oliven (dative definite plural)
Olive (accusative singular)
Oliven (accusative definite plural)

→? Hunsrik: Oliv

From Middle High German olīve, borrowed from Latin olīva, possibly borrowed from Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva).
From Middle High German olīve, borrowed from Latin oliva.

etymon

Friedrich Kluge
John Francis Davis
de:Olive


Orange

de-noun

Orange f (genitive Orange, plural Orangen)

Orange (genitive)
Orangen (plural)
Orange (nominative singular)
Orangen (definite nominative plural)
Orange (genitive singular)
Orangen (definite genitive plural)
Orange (dative singular)
Orangen (dative definite plural)
Orange (accusative singular)
Orangen (accusative definite plural)

some speakers in southern Germany and Austria

Etymological Dictionary of the German Language

de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from French orange, short for pomme d’orange, from Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), ultimately from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”). Cognate with German Pomeranze.


Orange

de-noun

Orange n (strong, genitive Orange, no plural)

Orange (genitive)
Orange (nominative singular)
Orange (genitive singular)
Orange (dative singular)
Orange (accusative singular)


Oregano

Oregano m (strong, genitive Oreganos, no plural)

Oreganos (genitive)
Oregano (nominative singular)
Oreganos (genitive singular)
Oregano (dative singular)
Oregano (accusative singular)


Otter

Otter m (strong, genitive Otters, plural Otter)

Otters (genitive)
Otter (plural)
Otter (nominative singular)
Otter (definite nominative plural)
Otters (genitive singular)
Otter (definite genitive plural)
Otter (dative singular)
Ottern (dative definite plural)
Otter (accusative singular)
Otter (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German otter, from Old High German ottar, from Proto-West Germanic *otr.


Otter

Otter (genitive)
Ottern (plural)
Otter (nominative singular)
Ottern (definite nominative plural)
Otter (genitive singular)
Ottern (definite genitive plural)
Otter (dative singular)
Ottern (dative definite plural)
Otter (accusative singular)
Ottern (accusative definite plural)

From early New High German nō̆ter, eastern secondary form of Middle High German nāter, from Old High German nātara. Originally the same word as Natter “colubrid”, which see.
The form is based on the common dialectal development -ā- → -ō- with subsequent irregular shortening. Loss of initial n- is a common development in the Germanic languages and is due to metanalysis, i.e. the unetymological segmentation of preceding endings or articles, for example: *eine notter, dialectally *en notter → *en‿otter. The same happened in Dutch adder and English adder. The German form was spread by Luther.


Panda

Panda m (strong, genitive Pandas, plural Pandas)

Pandas (genitive)
Pandas (plural)
Panda (nominative singular)
Pandas (definite nominative plural)
Pandas (genitive singular)
Pandas (definite genitive plural)
Panda (dative singular)
Pandas (dative definite plural)
Panda (accusative singular)
Pandas (accusative definite plural)

Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Ailuropoda melanoleuca#Translingual


Paprika

m,s,-􂀿usually with an article, determiner or numeral􂁀:s􂀿usually when standing alone􂁀

Paprika m (strong, genitive Paprikas, plural (usually with an article, determiner or numeral) Paprika or (usually when standing alone) Paprikas)

f,-􂀿usually with an article, determiner or numeral􂁀:s􂀿usually when standing alone􂁀

Paprika f (genitive Paprika, plural (usually with an article, determiner or numeral) Paprika or (usually when standing alone) Paprikas)

Paprikas (genitive)
Paprika (determiner numeral plural usually)
Paprikas (plural usually)
Paprika (genitive)
Paprika (determiner numeral plural usually)
Paprikas (plural usually)
Paprika (nominative singular)
Paprika (definite nominative plural)
Paprikas (definite nominative plural)
Paprikas (genitive singular)
Paprika (definite genitive plural)
Paprikas (definite genitive plural)
Paprika (dative singular)
Paprika (dative definite plural)
Paprikas (dative definite plural)
Paprika (accusative singular)
Paprika (accusative definite plural)
Paprikas (accusative definite plural)
Paprika (nominative singular)
Paprika (definite nominative plural)
Paprikas (definite nominative plural)
Paprika (genitive singular)
Paprika (definite genitive plural)
Paprikas (definite genitive plural)
Paprika (dative singular)
Paprika (dative definite plural)
Paprikas (dative definite plural)
Paprika (accusative singular)
Paprika (accusative definite plural)
Paprikas (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).


Parasol

de-noun

Parasol m (strong, genitive Parasols, plural Parasole or Parasols)

Parasols (genitive)
Parasole (plural)
Parasols (plural)
Parasol (nominative singular)
Parasole (definite nominative plural)
Parasols (definite nominative plural)
Parasols (genitive singular)
Parasole (definite genitive plural)
Parasols (definite genitive plural)
Parasol (dative singular)
Parasolen (dative definite plural)
Parasols (dative definite plural)
Parasol (accusative singular)
Parasole (accusative definite plural)
Parasols (accusative definite plural)


Pekari

Pekari n (strong, genitive Pekaris, plural Pekaris)

Pekaris (genitive)
Pekaris (plural)
Pekari (nominative singular)
Pekaris (definite nominative plural)
Pekaris (genitive singular)
Pekaris (definite genitive plural)
Pekari (dative singular)
Pekaris (dative definite plural)
Pekari (accusative singular)
Pekaris (accusative definite plural)


Puma

Puma m (strong, genitive Pumas, plural Pumas)

Pumas (genitive)
Pumas (plural)
Puma (nominative singular)
Pumas (definite nominative plural)
Pumas (genitive singular)
Pumas (definite genitive plural)
Puma (dative singular)
Pumas (dative definite plural)
Puma (accusative singular)
Pumas (accusative definite plural)

→? Czech: puma

→ Faroese: puma

→ Finnish: puuma

→ Hungarian: puma

→? Swedish: puma

18th century, from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.


Pute

Pute f (genitive Pute, plural Puten, masculine Puter)

Pute (genitive)
Puten (plural)
Puter (masculine)
Pute (nominative singular)
Puten (definite nominative plural)
Pute (genitive singular)
Puten (definite genitive plural)
Pute (dative singular)
Puten (dative definite plural)
Pute (accusative singular)
Puten (accusative definite plural)

16th century, from Middle Low German *pūte, imitative of the bird’s (mating) call. Compare German put (with a short vowel), a word used to call chickens and other farm birds (DWDS).

onomatopoeic

imitative


Ren

de-noun

Ren m (strong, genitive Rens, plural Renes)

Rens (genitive)
Renes (plural)
Ren (nominative singular)
Renes (definite nominative plural)
Rens (genitive singular)
Renes (definite genitive plural)
Ren (dative singular)
Renes (dative definite plural)
Ren (accusative singular)
Renes (accusative definite plural)


Rentier

Rentier m (strong, genitive Rentiers, plural Rentiers, feminine Rentière)

Rentiers (genitive)
Rentiers (plural)
Rentière (feminine)
Rentier (nominative singular)
Rentiers (definite nominative plural)
Rentiers (genitive singular)
Rentiers (definite genitive plural)
Rentier (dative singular)
Rentiers (dative definite plural)
Rentier (accusative singular)
Rentiers (accusative definite plural)

rentier (individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments)


Rind

Rind n (strong, genitive Rindes or Rinds, plural Rinder)

Rindes (genitive)
Rinds (genitive)
Rinder (plural)
Rind (nominative singular)
Rinder (definite nominative plural)
Rindes (genitive singular)
Rinds (genitive singular)
Rinder (definite genitive plural)
Rind (dative singular)
Rinde (dative singular)
Rindern (dative definite plural)
Rind (accusative singular)
Rinder (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German rint, from Old High German rind, hrind, from Proto-West Germanic *hrinþ, from Proto-Germanic *hrinþaz. Cognate with Middle Dutch rint. Also related with modern Dutch rund (from Middle Dutch runt), English rother.


Rose

Rose f (genitive Rose, plural Rosen, diminutive Röschen n or Röslein n or Röselein n)

Rose (genitive)
Rosen (plural)
Röschen (diminutive neuter)
Röslein (diminutive neuter)
Röselein (diminutive neuter)
Rose (nominative singular)
Rosen (definite nominative plural)
Rose (genitive singular)
Rosen (definite genitive plural)
Rose (dative singular)
Rosen (dative definite plural)
Rose (accusative singular)
Rosen (accusative definite plural)

→ Serbo-Croatian: roža / рожа

Inherited from Middle High German rôse, from Old High German rōsa, from Latin rosa.


Salamander

Salamander m (strong, genitive Salamanders, plural Salamander)

Salamanders (genitive)
Salamander (plural)
Salamander (nominative singular)
Salamander (definite nominative plural)
Salamanders (genitive singular)
Salamander (definite genitive plural)
Salamander (dative singular)
Salamandern (dative definite plural)
Salamander (accusative singular)
Salamander (accusative definite plural)


Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut n (strong, genitive Sauerkrauts, no plural)

Sauerkrauts (genitive)
Sauerkraut (nominative singular)
Sauerkrauts (genitive singular)
Sauerkraut (dative singular)
Sauerkraut (accusative singular)

/ˈzaʊ̯ɐkʁaʊ̯t/

sauer (“sour”) + Kraut (“cabbage”). The sense “cabbage” in the word Kraut is southern German. Sauerkraut is not a traditional term in northern and central Germany, but has now become predominant in these areas, too.


Schnecke

Schnecke f (genitive Schnecke, plural Schnecken, diminutive Schneckchen n or Schnecklein n)

Schnecke (genitive)
Schnecken (plural)
Schneckchen (diminutive neuter)
Schnecklein (diminutive neuter)
Schnecke (nominative singular)
Schnecken (definite nominative plural)
Schnecke (genitive singular)
Schnecken (definite genitive plural)
Schnecke (dative singular)
Schnecken (dative definite plural)
Schnecke (accusative singular)
Schnecken (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: šnek

→ Kashubian: sznëka

→ Polish: sznek (Culmland) / → szneka (Greater Poland)

From Middle High German snëcke, from Old High German sneggo, snecco, from Proto-Germanic *sneggô.

(lutherie) scroll (the carved wooden spiral at the end of a stringed instrument's fingerboard)

Die beistehende Probe gibt das Facsimile eines Schildes der Familie Rordorf (eine gelbe Schnecke, beginnend oben rechts in rotem Feld) wieder. Die Umrisse und der Rahmen sind schwarz, die Striche an der Schnecke rot ausgeführt[…]

1897, Archives heraldiques suisses: Schweizer-Archiv für Heraldik. Archivio araldico svizzero, page 115:

1924 (RORDORF) Zürich h f K. 72 : 122. Stehender geharnischter Ritter mit Lanze, Schwert und erhobenem Wappenschild mit Schnecke. Visir geöffnet. Helmzierde mit fünf Pfauenfedern besteckt.

1898, Gerster, Die schweizerischen Bibliothekzeichen (Ex-Libris), page 156:

(heraldry, rare) a stylized charge consisting of a tapering spiral inward from the edge to the centre of the shield, somewhat resembling the spiral on a snail's shell or a gurges


Skunk

Skunk m (strong, genitive Skunks, plural Skunks or Skunke)

Skunks (genitive)
Skunks (plural)
Skunke (plural)
Skunk (nominative singular)
Skunks (definite nominative plural)
Skunke (definite nominative plural)
Skunks (genitive singular)
Skunks (definite genitive plural)
Skunke (definite genitive plural)
Skunk (dative singular)
Skunks (dative definite plural)
Skunken (dative definite plural)
Skunk (accusative singular)
Skunks (accusative definite plural)
Skunke (accusative definite plural)


Sorghum

Sorghum n (strong, genitive Sorghums, plural Sorghume)


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


Spitz

de-proper noun

Spitz n (proper noun, genitive Spitz' or (with an article) Spitz)

A municipality of Lower Austria, Austria


Stall

de-noun

Stall m (strong, genitive Stalles or Stalls, plural Ställe, diminutive Ställchen n)

Stalles (genitive)
Stalls (genitive)
Ställe (plural)
Ställchen (diminutive neuter)
Stall (nominative singular)
Ställe (definite nominative plural)
Stalles (genitive singular)
Stalls (genitive singular)
Ställe (definite genitive plural)
Stall (dative singular)
Stalle (dative singular)
Ställen (dative definite plural)
Stall (accusative singular)
Ställe (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German stal, from Old High German stal, from Proto-Germanic *stallaz.

(archaic or regional) stale, i.e. the urine of horses or their act of urination (so called because they micturate, stallen, while standing, whereas they defecate in locomotion)


Star

Star m (strong or weak, genitive Stars or Stares or (archaic) Staren, plural Stare or (archaic) Staren)

Stars (genitive)
Stares (genitive)
Staren (archaic genitive)
Stare (plural)
Staren (archaic plural)
Star (nominative singular)
Stare (definite nominative plural)
Staren (archaic definite nominative plural)
Stars (genitive singular)
Stares (genitive singular)
Staren (archaic genitive singular)
Stare (definite genitive plural)
Staren (archaic definite genitive plural)
Star (dative singular)
Stare (dative singular)
Staren (archaic dative singular)
Staren (dative definite plural)
Star (accusative singular)
Staren (accusative archaic singular)
Stare (accusative definite plural)
Staren (accusative archaic definite plural)

From Middle High German star, stare, from Old High German stara, staro, star, from Proto-West Germanic *star.
Cognate with Middle Dutch sterre, Middle Low German stār(e), Old English stær, Old Norse stari, and further with Latin sturnus.


Tapir

Tapir m (strong, genitive Tapirs, plural Tapire)

Tapirs (genitive)
Tapire (plural)
Tapir (nominative singular)
Tapire (definite nominative plural)
Tapirs (genitive singular)
Tapire (definite genitive plural)
Tapir (dative singular)
Tapiren (dative definite plural)
Tapir (accusative singular)
Tapire (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapiira.

tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with long prehensile upper lip)


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)