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German
Etymology
From Blumentopf (“flowerpot”) + Erde (“soil”).
Also deliberately mispronounced to appear constructed from Blumento (“fictional horse breed”) + Pferde (“horses”), thus "Blumento horses".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbluːməntopfˌeːrdə/ (proper Blumentopf-Erde)
- IPA(key): /bluˈmɛntoˌ(p)feːɐ̯de/ (misconstructed Blumento-Pferde)
Noun
Blumentopferde f
- (also informal, humorous) potting soil
- Synonyms: Blumenerde, Topferde
- 1891, Julius Wiesner, Elemente der wissenschaftlichen Notanik. Zweiter Band. Organographie und Systematik der Pflanzen, 2. ed., p. 204:
Die meisten Arten leben im Süsswasser, einige (V. hamata Lyngb.) auf feuchter Erde (nicht selten auf Blumentopferde), andere (z. B. V. Thuretii Woron.) sind Meeresbewohner.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1995 May 5, Ulrich Holbein, “Strichjunge Bindestrich”, in Die Zeit:Damit sich nichts bausche, müßte Bauschutt eigentlich Bau-Schutt heißen. Ohne Bindestrich springt aus der Mentholzigarette ein Stück Holz ungebührlich hervor. Mittem im Propangasservice öffnet sich eine Gasse—ewig wiehern die Blumentopferde.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)