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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaltɐ/
- Hyphenation: Fal‧ter
Etymology 1
Haplology of dialectal German Feifalter, from Middle High German vīvalter, from Old High German fīfaltra, from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ, *fīfildǭ (“butterfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *peypel-. Cognate with Dutch vijfwouter, Icelandic fiðrildi, and outside Germanic Latin papilio. Folk-etymologically re-interpreted as Zweifalter, Pfeiffalter, etc., by association with unrelated falten (“to fold”).
Noun
Falter m (strong, genitive Falters, plural Falter)
- an insect of the order Lepidoptera (i.e., a butterfly or moth)
- Synonyms: Nachtfalter, Schmetterling, Tagfalter
- (entomology) imago of an insect of the order Lepidoptera
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Etymology 2
From falten (“to fold”) + -er.
Noun
Falter m (strong, genitive Falters, plural Falter)
- (Austria) leaflet, folder
- Synonyms: Broschüre, Faltblatt
Declension
Further reading
- “Falter” in Duden online
- “Falter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache