Gürteltier

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Etymology

Gürtel (“belt”) +‎ Tier (“animal”). Displaced the earlier term Armadill (from Spanish armadillo), which had itself displaced Tatu (from Old Tupi).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʏʁtl̩ˌtiːɐ̯/
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Noun

Gürteltier n (strong, genitive Gürteltieres or Gürteltiers, plural Gürteltiere)

  1. armadillo

Declension

Declension of Gürteltier
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Gürteltier die Gürteltiere
genitive eines des Gürteltieres, Gürteltiers der Gürteltiere
dative einem dem Gürteltier, Gürteltiere1 den Gürteltieren
accusative ein das Gürteltier die Gürteltiere

1Now rare, see notes.

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References

  1. ^ Philip Motley Palmer, Neuweltwörter im Deutschen (1939), page 25: Armadill Das Gürteltier; vom gleichbed. span. armadillo entlehnt. Das einheimische Wort Tatu (Tupi tatu — dasypus, Martius) ist für das 16. und 17. Jh. häufig belegt (schon bei Staden 1557 S. 145), wurde aber durch Armadill und später durch Gürteltier zurückgedrängt.

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