Puppe
See also: puppe
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin pupa. Sense of "pupa" borrowed from New Latin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Puppe f (genitive Puppe, plural Puppen, diminutive Püppchen n or Püpplein n or Püppel n)
Declension edit
Declension of Puppe [feminine]
Derived terms edit
- Bauchrednerpuppe f (“ventriloquist dummy”)
- Gliederpuppe f
- Handpuppe f (“hand puppet”)
- Puppenstube f (“dollhouse”)
- verpuppen (“to pupate”)
- bis in die Puppen
- die Puppen tanzen lassen
Further reading edit
- “Puppe” in Duden online
- “Puppe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Puppe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Puppe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de