See also: drache and draché

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German trache, from Old High German trahho, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō, borrowed from Latin dracō. The modern initial d- is influenced by the original Latin, reinforced by dialectal German forms.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdʁaxə/, [ˈdʁäχə]
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  • Hyphenation: Dra‧che
  • Rhymes: -aχə

Noun

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Drache m (weak, genitive Drachen, plural Drachen, feminine Drachin)

  1. dragon
  2. kite (with the sense of "toy for children" or "geometrical shape")

Declension

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Alternative forms

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Silesian: drach
  • Slovak: drak
  • Slovincian: drach
  • Czech: drak

Proper noun

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Drache m (proper noun, weak, genitive Drachen)

  1. (astronomy) Draco

Hypernyms

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Further reading

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  • Drache” in Duden online
  • Drache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Pennsylvania German

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Noun

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Drache

  1. plural of Drach