Felchen

German

Alternative forms

• Felche (chiefly Swiss)

Etymology

From Middle High German velche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛlçn̩/

Noun

Felchen m (strong, genitive Felchens, plural Felchen)

1. (Southern Germany, Switzerland) whitefish (freshwater fish in the genus Coregonus)

   Synonyms: Maräne, Renke, Kilch

Declension

Declension of Felchen [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Felchen	die	Felchen
genitive	eines	des	Felchens	der	Felchen
dative	einem	dem	Felchen	den	Felchen
accusative	einen	den	Felchen	die	Felchen

Derived terms

• Blaufelchen
• Bodenseefelchen
• Sandfelchen

 

Further reading

• “Felchen” in Duden online
• “Felchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Felchen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 257