Greifvogel

See also: Greifvögel

German

Picture dictionary

Greifvogel

Vogel

Vogel

Bussard

Bussard

Kondor

Kondor

Adler

Adler

Falke

Falke

Habicht

Habicht

Geier

Geier

Etymology

Compound of greifen (“grab”) +‎ Vogel (“bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡraɪ̯fˌfoːɡəl/, [ˈɡʁaɪ̯(f)ˌfoːɡl̩]

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• Hyphenation: Greif‧vo‧gel

Noun

Greifvogel m (strong, genitive Greifvogels, plural Greifvögel)

1. a bird of the order Falconiformes
2. (in recent scientific use) a bird of the newly created order Accipitriformes

Usage notes

• The second definition, which excludes the falcons, is entirely restricted to scientific use. To the general public, falcons are and remain the very prototypes of Greifvögel.

Declension

Declension of Greifvogel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Greifvogel	die	Greifvögel
genitive	eines	des	Greifvogels	der	Greifvögel
dative	einem	dem	Greifvogel	den	Greifvögeln
accusative	einen	den	Greifvogel	die	Greifvögel

See also

• Raubvogel

Further reading

• “Greifvogel” in Duden online
• “Greifvogel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache