Alpenstrandläufer
German edit
Etymology edit
Compound of Alpen (“the Alps”) + Strandläufer (“sandpiper, stint”), a calque of translingual Calidris alpina, where alpīnus rather means alpine than of the Alps.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Alpenstrandläufer m (strong, genitive Alpenstrandläufers, plural Alpenstrandläufer)
- dunlin (bird of the species Calidris alpina)
Declension edit
Declension of Alpenstrandläufer [masculine, strong]