Fröbelstern

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Fröbelstern

Etymology edit

From Fröbel +‎ Stern (“star”). Named after Friedrich Fröbel (1782–1852), the inventor of kindergarten who encouraged paper-folding as a technique of early child education.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈfʁøːbəlˌʃtɛʁn]

Noun edit

Fröbelstern m (strong, genitive Fröbelsternes or Fröbelsterns, plural Fröbelsterne)

A Froebel star, a 16-pointed star made of folded paper and used as an Advent and Christmas decoration.

Declension edit

Declension of Fröbelstern [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fröbelstern	die	Fröbelsterne
genitive	eines	des	Fröbelsternes, Fröbelsterns	der	Fröbelsterne
dative	einem	dem	Fröbelstern, Fröbelsterne¹	den	Fröbelsternen
accusative	einen	den	Fröbelstern	die	Fröbelsterne

¹Now rare, see notes.