Altweltpapagei
German edit
Etymology edit
From Alte Welt (“Old World”) + Papagei (“parrot”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Altweltpapagei m (mixed or weak or strong, genitive Altweltpapageis or (less common) Altweltpapageien, plural Altweltpapageien or (rare) Altweltpapageie)
- (ornithology) Old World parrot; any bird of the parrot family Psittaculidae.
- (in the plural) collective noun for birds of the family Psittaculidae.
- Antonym: Neuweltpapagei
Declension edit
Declension of Altweltpapagei [masculine, mixed // weak // strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Altweltpapagei | die | Altweltpapageien, Altweltpapageie2 |
| genitive | eines | des | Altweltpapageis, Altweltpapageien1 | der | Altweltpapageien, Altweltpapageie2 |
| dative | einem | dem | Altweltpapagei, Altweltpapageien1 | den | Altweltpapageien |
| accusative | einen | den | Altweltpapagei, Altweltpapageien1 | die | Altweltpapageien, Altweltpapageie2 |
1Less common.
2Rare.
Hypernyms edit
- Eigentlicher Papagei (until 2012/2018)