Puppe
See also: puppe
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin pupa. Sense of "pupa" borrowed from New Latin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editPuppe f (genitive Puppe, plural Puppen, diminutive Püppchen n or Püpplein n or Püppel n)
Declension
editDeclension of Puppe [feminine]
Derived terms
edit- Bauchrednerpuppe f (“ventriloquist dummy”)
- Gliederpuppe f
- Handpuppe f (“hand puppet”)
- Puppenstube f (“dollhouse”)
- verpuppen (“to pupate”)
- bis in die Puppen
- die Puppen tanzen lassen
Further reading
edit- “Puppe” in Duden online
- “Puppe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Puppe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Puppe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de