Wasserbär

German

Etymology

Named by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773 "kleiner Wasserbär" (little water bear).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvasɐˌbɛːɐ̯/, /-beːɐ̯/

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• Hyphenation: Was‧ser‧bär

Noun

Wasserbär m (weak or mixed, genitive Wasserbären or (informal) Wasserbärs, plural Wasserbären, feminine Wasserbärin)

1. (zoology) tardigrade, water bear (a water-dwelling, eight-legged, segmented micro-animal, a member of the phylum Tardigrada)
2. batardeau (dam structure)

Declension

Declension of Wasserbär [masculine, weak // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wasserbär	die	Wasserbären
genitive	eines	des	Wasserbären, Wasserbärs1	der	Wasserbären
dative	einem	dem	Wasserbären, Wasserbär1	den	Wasserbären
accusative	einen	den	Wasserbären, Wasserbär1	die	Wasserbären

¹Informal.

Synonyms

• Bärtierchen
• Batardeau, Bär