Pflaster
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German pflaster, from Old High German pflastar (“plaster, pavement”), from Proto-West Germanic *plastr.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈpflastɐ/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈflastɐ/ (most speakers in northern and central Germany)
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Noun edit
Pflaster n (strong, genitive Pflasters, plural Pflaster)
- (archaic) plaster, cement, mortar, a mixture of gypsum, sand and chalk applied to floors
- specifically the pavement of a street or a street (which is no difference in old towns preceding the automobile), as well as the material from which it is made, cobblestone (Pflasterstein, Kopfsteinpflaster)
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 34–35:
- Durch die noch leeren dunklen Straßen hallte der Hufschlag nahender Pferde auf dem feuchten Pflaster, lange ehe etwas von ihnen zu sehen war.
- Through the still empty dark streets echoed the hoofbeat of approaching horses on the wet pavement, long before something could be seen of them.
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 34–35:
- band-aid, sticking plaster (clipping of Heftpflaster); in general a poultice, bandage or other dressing of a wound (but now typicized to the aforementioned commodity)
Declension edit
Declension of Pflaster [neuter, strong]
Derived terms edit
- Heftpflaster
- Kopfsteinpflaster
- Pflastergeld
- Pflasterstein
- pflastern (see it for more)
Descendants edit
- → Polish: plaster