Porling

German

Etymology

From Pore (“pore”) +‎ -ling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːʁlɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: Por‧ling

Noun

Porling m (strong, genitive Porlings, plural Porlinge)

1. (mycology) conk (fruiting body of a polypore fungus)
2. polypore, bracket fungus, shelf fungus

Declension

Declension of Porling [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Porling	die	Porlinge
genitive	eines	des	Porlings	der	Porlinge
dative	einem	dem	Porling	den	Porlingen
accusative	einen	den	Porling	die	Porlinge

Derived terms

• Birkenporling
• Fichtenporling
• Lackporling
• Riesenporling
• Schafporling
• Schwefelporling
• Stielporling
• Weichporling

 

Further reading

• “Porling” in Duden online
• “Porling” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Porling” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon