"Löffler" meaning in German

See Löffler in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈlœflɐ/ Audio: De-Löffler.ogg Forms: Löfflers [genitive, masculine], Löffler [genitive, masculine], Löffler [feminine, genitive], Löfflers [plural], Löffler [plural]
Etymology: From Löffel (“spoon”) + -er. Compare Dutch lepelaar. Etymology templates: {{suffix|de|Löffel|er|t1=spoon}} Löffel (“spoon”) + -er, {{cog|nl|lepelaar}} Dutch lepelaar Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Löffler m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Löfflers or (with an article) Löffler, feminine genitive Löffler, plural Löfflers or Löffler)
  1. a surname Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname
    Sense id: en-Löffler-de-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): German surnames, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 12 48 40

Noun

IPA: /ˈlœflɐ/ Audio: De-Löffler.ogg
Etymology: From Löffel (“spoon”) + -er. Compare Dutch lepelaar. Etymology templates: {{suffix|de|Löffel|er|t1=spoon}} Löffel (“spoon”) + -er, {{cog|nl|lepelaar}} Dutch lepelaar Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Löffler m (strong, genitive Löfflers, plural Löffler) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Löfflers [genitive], Löffler [plural], strong [table-tags], Löffler [nominative, singular], Löffler [definite, nominative, plural], Löfflers [genitive, singular], Löffler [definite, genitive, plural], Löffler [dative, singular], Löfflern [dative, definite, plural], Löffler [accusative, singular], Löffler [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. spoonbill (bird in the family Threskiornithidae with a large spatulate bill) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Löffler-de-noun-1Y8vOQVa Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er, Ibises and spoonbills Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 12 48 40 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 26 49 25 Disambiguation of Ibises and spoonbills: 3 50 47
  2. Eurasian spoonbill (bird of the species Platalea leucorodia) Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Löffelreiher
    Sense id: en-Löffler-de-noun-13EDW0j- Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Ibises and spoonbills Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 12 48 40 Disambiguation of Ibises and spoonbills: 3 50 47

Inflected forms

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