Geflügelpest
German edit
Etymology edit
From Geflügel (“poultry”) + Pest (“plague”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Geflügelpest f (genitive Geflügelpest, no plural)
- (pathology) avian influenza (strain of influenza)
- Synonym: Vogelgrippe
Declension edit
Declension of Geflügelpest [sg-only, feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Geflügelpest” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Geflügelpest” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Geflügelpest” in Duden online
- Geflügelpest on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de