Purpurreiher
German edit
Etymology edit
Purpur (“purple”) + Reiher (“heron”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Purpurreiher m (strong, genitive Purpurreihers, plural Purpurreiher)
- purple heron (bird of the species Ardea purpurea)
Declension edit
Declension of Purpurreiher [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- Purpurreiher on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Purpurreiher” in Duden online
- “Purpurreiher” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache