Rumpelstilzchen

German edit

Etymology edit

Believed to derive from an old children's game called Rumpele stilt oder der Poppart, which was mentioned in Johann Fischart's Geschichtklitterung, or Gargantua of 1577, a loose adaptation of Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʁʊmpl̩ʃtiːlt͡sçn̩/, /ʁʊmpl̩ʃtiːlt͡sçən/

Proper noun edit

Rumpelstilzchen n (proper noun, strong, genitive Rumpelstilzchens)

Rumpelstiltskin

Declension edit

Declension of Rumpelstilzchen [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Rumpelstilzchen
genitive	eines	des	Rumpelstilzchens
dative	einem	dem	Rumpelstilzchen
accusative	ein	das	Rumpelstilzchen