"Eulenspiegel" meaning in German

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Noun

Etymology: From Ulenspiegel (1st half of the 16th century), Middle Low German Ūlenspēgel. Its modern semantics is due to the mischievous nature of Till Eulenspiegel, protagonist of a folklore published in 1515. By surface analysis, Eule + -n- + Spiegel, literally “owl mirror”, an analysis already drawn upon in the original tale. Etymology templates: {{m|de|Ulenspiegel}} Ulenspiegel, {{q|1st half of the 16th century}} (1st half of the 16th century), {{der|de|gml|Ūlenspēgel}} Middle Low German Ūlenspēgel, {{surface analysis|de|Eule|-n-|Spiegel}} By surface analysis, Eule + -n- + Spiegel Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Eulenspiegel m (strong, genitive Eulenspiegels, plural Eulenspiegel) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Eulenspiegels [genitive], Eulenspiegel [plural], strong [table-tags], Eulenspiegel [nominative, singular], Eulenspiegel [definite, nominative, plural], Eulenspiegels [genitive, singular], Eulenspiegel [definite, genitive, plural], Eulenspiegel [dative, singular], Eulenspiegeln [dative, definite, plural], Eulenspiegel [accusative, singular], Eulenspiegel [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. jester, prankster Wikipedia link: Till Eulenspiegel Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: Eulenspiegelei, Eulenspiegelstreich, eulenspiegelhaft
    Sense id: en-Eulenspiegel-de-noun-GkWA~yCT Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms interfixed with -n-

Inflected forms

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