Alpenstrandläufer
German
editEtymology
editCompound of Alpen (“the Alps”) + Strandläufer (“sandpiper, stint”), a calque of translingual Calidris alpina, where alpīnus rather means alpine than of the Alps.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editAlpenstrandläufer m (strong, genitive Alpenstrandläufers, plural Alpenstrandläufer)
- dunlin (bird of the species Calidris alpina)
Declension
editDeclension of Alpenstrandläufer [masculine, strong]