Futteral

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vouter, vōder, influenced by Medieval Latin fotrale, a form of fotrum (“capsule, case”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Futteral n (strong, genitive Futterals or (less common) Futterales, plural Futterale)

1. case, sheath, étui

Declension

Declension of Futteral [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Futteral	die	Futterale
genitive	eines	des	Futterals, Futterales1	der	Futterale
dative	einem	dem	Futteral, Futterale1,2	den	Futteralen
accusative	ein	das	Futteral	die	Futterale

¹Less common.
²Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Futteral on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Futteral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Futteral” in Duden online
• “Futteral” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon