"Fliegenglas" meaning in German

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Noun

Etymology: Fliege + -n- + Glas Etymology templates: {{af|de|Fliege|-n-|Glas}} Fliege + -n- + Glas Head templates: {{de-noun|n,es,^er}} Fliegenglas n (strong, genitive Fliegenglases, plural Fliegengläser) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,es,^er}} Forms: Fliegenglases [genitive], Fliegengläser [plural], strong [table-tags], Fliegenglas [nominative, singular], Fliegengläser [definite, nominative, plural], Fliegenglases [genitive, singular], Fliegengläser [definite, genitive, plural], Fliegenglas [dative, singular], Fliegenglase [dative, singular], Fliegengläsern [dative, definite, plural], Fliegenglas [accusative, singular], Fliegengläser [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (also figurative) fly bottle (a type of flytrap) Tags: also, figuratively, neuter, strong
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