Pflaster

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German pflaster, from Old High German pflastar (plaster, pavement), from Proto-West Germanic *plastr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpflastɐ/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈflastɐ/ (most speakers in northern and central Germany)
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Noun

Pflaster n (strong, genitive Pflasters, plural Pflaster)

  1. (archaic) plaster, cement, mortar, a mixture of gypsum, sand and chalk applied to floors
  2. specifically the pavement of a street or a street (which is no difference in old towns preceding the automobile), as well as the material from which it is made, cobblestone (Pflasterstein, Kopfsteinpflaster)
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 34–35:
      Durch die noch leeren dunklen Straßen hallte der Hufschlag nahender Pferde auf dem feuchten Pflaster, lange ehe etwas von ihnen zu sehen war.
      Through the still empty dark streets echoed the hoofbeat of approaching horses on the wet pavement, long before something could be seen of them.
  3. band-aid, sticking plaster (clipping of Heftpflaster); in general a poultice, bandage or other dressing of a wound (but now typicized to the aforementioned commodity)

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Descendants

  • Polish: plaster

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