Windspiel

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German

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Wind (“wind”) +‎ spielen (“to play”), literally “something the wind is playing with”

Noun

Windspiel (n)

  1. wind chime
Declension
Declension of Windspiel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Windspiel die Windspiele
genitive eines des Windspieles, Windspiels der Windspiele
dative einem dem Windspiel, Windspiele1 den Windspielen
accusative ein das Windspiel die Windspiele

1Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 2

Wind (“wind”) +‎ spielen (“to play”), literally “playing with the wind”

Noun

Windspiel (n)

  1. greyhound, especially the Italian greyhound
    Synonym: Windhund

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