Nachtigall
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German nahtegal(e), from Old High German nahtagala, from Proto-West Germanic *nahtigalā (literally “she who sings during the night”). Related with Nacht and gellen. Middle High German unstressed -eg- regularly yields modern -ig- (compare the suffix -ig and words like Bräutigam). Cognate with Dutch nachtegaal, English nightingale (which see for more).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Nachtigall f (genitive Nachtigall, plural Nachtigallen)
- nightingale (bird)
Declension edit
Declension of Nachtigall [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Nachtigall | die | Nachtigallen |
genitive | einer | der | Nachtigall | der | Nachtigallen |
dative | einer | der | Nachtigall | den | Nachtigallen |
accusative | eine | die | Nachtigall | die | Nachtigallen |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Saterland Frisian: Nachtigal
Further reading edit
- “Nachtigall” in Duden online
- “Nachtigall” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache