Bettelruf

German edit

Etymology edit

betteln (“to beg”) +‎ Ruf (“call”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈbɛtl̩ˌʁuːf]
Hyphenation: Bet‧tel‧ruf

Noun edit

Bettelruf m (strong, genitive Bettelrufes or Bettelrufs, plural Bettelrufe)

(ornithology) begging call (a sound made by young birds to get food from their parents)

Declension edit

Declension of Bettelruf [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bettelruf	die	Bettelrufe
genitive	eines	des	Bettelrufes, Bettelrufs	der	Bettelrufe
dative	einem	dem	Bettelruf, Bettelrufe¹	den	Bettelrufen
accusative	einen	den	Bettelruf	die	Bettelrufe

¹Now rare, see notes.

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