Lerche
See also: lerche
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German lē̆rche, Old High German lērahha. Cognate with Old English lāwrice, Dutch leeuwerik, English lark.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editLerche f (genitive Lerche, plural Lerchen)
- lark (bird of the family Alaudidae)
- (chronobiology) a human who goes to bed early and rises early
- Antonym: Eule
Declension
editDeclension of Lerche [feminine]
Hyponyms
editReferences
edit- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Lerche”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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- de:Larks