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German
Etymology
Schaukel + Pferd
Pronunciation
Noun
Schaukelpferd n (strong, genitive Schaukelpferdes or Schaukelpferds, plural Schaukelpferde, diminutive Schaukelpferdchen n)
- rocking horse
- Synonym: Hutschpferd
- Das Schaukelpferd. (A poem)
Sehr lustig ist ein Schaukelpferd.
Doch besser ist die Liese.
Ein Schaukelpferd ist gar nichts wert
im Feld und auf der Wiese.
Ein echtes Pferd, wie Liese ist,
vom Bauern gegenüber,
das Kutschen zieht und Hafer frisst.
Das ist mir zehn mal lieber.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Schaukelpferd
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