Windpferd
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German
Etymology
From Wind + Pferd, a calque of Tibetan རླུང་རྟ (rlung rta).
Noun
Windpferd n (strong, genitive Windpferds or Windpferdes, plural Windpferde)
- (Buddhism) wind horse
- 2002 October 22, Peter Imig, “Reich des Schwelgens”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN, page 23:
- „Abe jo-jo“, das beschworene Windpferd der tibetanischen Mythologie, das die Gebete der Menschen in den Himmel bringt, bestimmte die 1961–66 entstandene Komposition „Windhorse“ von Toru Takemitsu.
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Declension
Declension of Windpferd
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Windpferd | die | Windpferde |
| genitive | eines | des | Windpferds, Windpferdes | der | Windpferde |
| dative | einem | dem | Windpferd, Windpferde1 | den | Windpferden |
| accusative | ein | das | Windpferd | die | Windpferde |
1Now rare, see notes.