Schwärmer
German edit
Etymology edit
schwärmen (“to romanticise, gush”) + -er
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Schwärmer m (strong, genitive Schwärmers, plural Schwärmer, feminine Schwärmerin)
- agent noun of schwärmen; enthusiast, zealot, extremist, sentimentalist, dreamer, visionary
- hawkmoth, sphinx moth, Sphingidae
- serpent, jumping jack (firecracker)
Declension edit
Declension of Schwärmer [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Schwärmer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schwärmer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Schwärmer” in Duden online
- Schwärmer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de