Fröbelstern

German

Etymology

From Fröbel +‎ Stern (“star”). Named after Friedrich Fröbel (1782–1852), the inventor of kindergarten who encouraged paper-folding as a technique of early child education.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfʁøːbəlˌʃtɛʁn]

Noun

Fröbelstern m (strong, genitive Fröbelsternes or Fröbelsterns, plural Fröbelsterne)

1. A Froebel star, a 16-pointed star made of folded paper and used as an Advent and Christmas decoration.

Declension

Declension of Fröbelstern [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fröbelstern	die	Fröbelsterne
genitive	eines	des	Fröbelsternes, Fröbelsterns	der	Fröbelsterne
dative	einem	dem	Fröbelstern, Fröbelsterne1	den	Fröbelsternen
accusative	einen	den	Fröbelstern	die	Fröbelsterne

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Fröbelstern” in Duden online