Nestling

See also: nestling

German

Etymology

Nest +‎ -ling

Noun

Nestling m (strong, genitive Nestlings, plural Nestlinge)

1. nestling (small, young bird that is still confined to the nest)

   Antonym: Ästling

   Coordinate term: Tragling

Declension

Declension of Nestling [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Nestling	die	Nestlinge
genitive	eines	des	Nestlings	der	Nestlinge
dative	einem	dem	Nestling	den	Nestlingen
accusative	einen	den	Nestling	die	Nestlinge

Further reading

• “Nestling” in Duden online