Fernglas

German

Etymology

Compound of fern (“far”) +‎ Glas (“glass”), a loose loan translation of Dutch verrekijker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛʁnˌɡlaːs/

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Noun

Fernglas n (strong, genitive Fernglases, plural Ferngläser)

1. small, hand-held telescope (including binoculars and monoculars)

   Synonyms: Binokular, (colloquial) Feldstecher

Declension

Declension of Fernglas [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Fernglas	die	Ferngläser
genitive	eines	des	Fernglases	der	Ferngläser
dative	einem	dem	Fernglas, Fernglase1	den	Ferngläsern
accusative	ein	das	Fernglas	die	Ferngläser

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Fernglas” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fernglas” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Fernglas” in Duden online
• “Fernglas” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Fernglas on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de