"Schmetterling" meaning in German

See Schmetterling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃmɛtərlɪŋ/, [ˈʃmɛ.tɐ.lɪŋ] Audio: De-Schmetterling.ogg [Germany]
Etymology: Attested ca. 1500, standard since the 18th century. From an East Central German dialect word, equivalent to Schmetten (“cream”) + -ling, due to an old belief that butterflies eat milk products or, in a more ornamented form, that witches transform themselves into butterflies in order to steal such products. Compare English butterfly. Etymology templates: {{der|de|gmw-ecg|-}} East Central German, {{suf|de|Schmetten|-ling|t1=cream}} Schmetten (“cream”) + -ling, {{m+|en|butterfly}} English butterfly Head templates: {{de-noun|m,s:es}} Schmetterling m (strong, genitive Schmetterlings or Schmetterlinges, plural Schmetterlinge) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,s:es}} Forms: Schmetterlings [genitive], Schmetterlinges [genitive], Schmetterlinge [plural], strong [table-tags], Schmetterling [nominative, singular], Schmetterlinge [definite, nominative, plural], Schmetterlings [genitive, singular], Schmetterlinges [genitive, singular], Schmetterlinge [definite, genitive, plural], Schmetterling [dative, singular], Schmetterlinge [dative, singular], Schmetterlingen [dative, definite, plural], Schmetterling [accusative, singular], Schmetterlinge [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (in common use) butterfly Tags: masculine, strong Categories (lifeform): Butterflies Synonyms: Tagfalter, Sommervogel, Buttervogel, Butterfliege
    Sense id: en-Schmetterling-de-noun-~P0HXL42 Disambiguation of Butterflies: 40 33 27
  2. (chiefly biology) any insect of the order Lepidoptera, i.e. a butterfly or moth Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Biology Categories (lifeform): Butterflies Synonyms: Falter
    Sense id: en-Schmetterling-de-noun-XVEN~40k Disambiguation of Butterflies: 40 33 27 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 1 58 41 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ling: 6 57 37 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  3. (swimming) butterfly (kind of stroke) Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Swimming, Swimming Categories (lifeform): Butterflies Synonyms: Delphin
    Sense id: en-Schmetterling-de-noun-d44T7ZjX Disambiguation of Swimming: 2 26 72 Disambiguation of Butterflies: 40 33 27 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, swimming
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Schmetterlingsart, Schmetterlingsbestäubung, Schmetterlingsblütler, Schmetterlingsfisch, Schmetterlingsflügel, Schmetterlingskunde, Schmetterlingsnetz, Schmetterlingsraupe, Schmetterlingssammlung, Schmetterlingsstil Related terms: Motte, Nachtfalter, Tagfalter, Raupe

Inflected forms

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