Nachtigall

German de: Etymology de gmh nahtegal nahtegal, nahtegale, from de goh nahtagala, from de gmw-pro *nahtigalā she who sings during the night. Related to de Nacht and de gellen. Middle High German unstressed gmh -eg- regularly yields modern de -ig- (compare the suffix de -ig and words like de Bräutigam). Cognate with nl nachtegaal, en nightingale (which see for more). Pronunciation de /ˈnaxtiɡal/ [ˈnaχ.ti.ɡal] [ˈnax-] [-tɪ-] de De-Nachtigall.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f nightingale bird Romeo und Julia III v Willst du schon gehn? Der Tag ist ja noch fern. / Es war die Nachtigall und nicht die Lerche, / Die eben jetzt dein banges Ohr durchdrang; / Sie singt des Nachts auf dem Granatbaum dort. / Glaub, Lieber, mir: es war die Nachtigall. Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day. / It was the nightingale, and not the lark, / That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear. / Nightly she sings on yond pomegranate tree. / Believe me, love, it was the nightingale. Declension f Derived terms de Nachtigallenboden Related terms de Nacht de gellen Descendants stq Nachtigal 1 Further reading de Muscicapids