Schwärmer
German
editEtymology
editschwärmen (“to romanticise, gush”) + -er
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSchwärmer 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
editDeclension of Schwärmer [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
editFurther 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