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Falter
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falter
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈfaltɐ/
de De-Falter.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Fal ter
Etymology 1
Haplology of dialectal de Feifalter, from de gmh vīvalter, from de goh fīfaltra, from de gem-pro *fifaldǭ, gem-pro *fīfildǭ butterfly, from de ine-pro *peypel-. Cognate with nl vijfwouter, is fiðrildi, and outside Germanic la papilio. Folk-etymologically re-interpreted as de Zweifalter, de Pfeiffalter, etc., by association with unrelated de falten to fold.
Noun
m
A lepidopteran; an insect of the order Lepidoptera order i.e., a butterfly or moth
de Nachtfalter Schmetterling Tagfalter
de entomology imago of an insect of the order Lepidoptera order
Declension
m
Hyponyms
de Augenfalter Dickkopffalter Himmelsfalter Motte Nachtfalter Tagfalter Schmetterling
See also
de Motte Nachtfalter Raupe Schmetterling Sommervogel
Etymology 2
de :af falten<t:to fold> -er
From de falten to fold -er.
Noun
m
de Austria leaflet, folder
de Broschüre Faltblatt
Declension
m
Further reading
de Butterflies