Flipper
See also: flipper
EnglishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Flipper
- a common name for animals which have flippers, such as dolphins and seals.
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English flipper (“lever in a pinball machine used to strike the ball”). The word is used in many languages to refer the game as such; see flipper.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Flipper m (strong, genitive Flippers, plural Flipper)
- (uncountable) pinball (game)
- (countable) a pinball machine
- (countable) a flipper (lever in a pinball machine)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Flipper [masculine, strong]
SynonymsEdit
- (machine): Flipperautomat; Flipperkasten
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “Flipper” in Duden online