"Sylphe" meaning in German

See Sylphe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: De-Sylphe.ogg
Etymology: First attested in 1657. Borrowed from New Latin sylphes, coined by Paracelsus in the 16th century. The coinage may derive from Latin sylvestris (“of the woods”) and nympha (“nymph”), or otherwise Ancient Greek σίλφη (sílphē, “beetle”). More at sylph. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|NL.|sylphes}} Borrowed from New Latin sylphes, {{der|de|la|sylvestris||of the woods}} Latin sylvestris (“of the woods”), {{der|de|grc|σίλφη||beetle}} Ancient Greek σίλφη (sílphē, “beetle”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m.weak|f=Sylphide}} Sylphe m (weak, genitive Sylphen, plural Sylphen, feminine Sylphide), {{de-noun|f}} Sylphe f (genitive Sylphe, plural Sylphen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.weak}}, {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Sylphen [genitive], Sylphen [plural], Sylphide [feminine], Sylphe [genitive], Sylphen [plural], weak [table-tags], Sylphe [nominative, singular], Sylphen [definite, nominative, plural], Sylphen [genitive, singular], Sylphen [definite, genitive, plural], Sylphen [dative, singular], Sylphen [dative, definite, plural], Sylphen [accusative, singular], Sylphen [accusative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Sylphe [nominative, singular], Sylphen [definite, nominative, plural], Sylphe [genitive, singular], Sylphen [definite, genitive, plural], Sylphe [dative, singular], Sylphen [dative, definite, plural], Sylphe [accusative, singular], Sylphen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. sylph (the elemental being of air) Wikipedia link: de:Sylphe Tags: feminine, masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Sylphe-de-noun-HYQ~S8gX Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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