Falter
See also: falter
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German vīvalter, from Old High German fīfaltra, from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ, *fīfildǭ (“butterfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *peypel-. Cognate with Dutch vijfwouter, Icelandic fiðrildi, and outside Germanic Latin papilio. The form was variously altered and re-interpreted as Zweifalter, Pfeiffalter, etc., from which Falter was backformed, probably by association with unrelated falten (“to fold”).
Noun edit
Falter m (strong, genitive Falters, plural Falter)
- an insect of the order Lepidoptera (i.e., a butterfly or moth)
- Synonyms: Nachtfalter, Schmetterling, Tagfalter
- (entomology) imago of an insect of the order Lepidoptera
Declension edit
Declension of Falter [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From falten (“to fold”) + -er.
Noun edit
Falter m (strong, genitive Falters, plural Falter)
Declension edit
Declension of Falter [masculine, strong]