Felchen
German
Alternative forms
- Felche (chiefly Swiss)
Etymology
From Middle High German velche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛlçn̩/
Noun
Felchen m (strong, genitive Felchens, plural Felchen)
- (Southern Germany, Switzerland) whitefish (freshwater fish in the genus Coregonus)
Declension
Declension of Felchen [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
- Blaufelchen
- Bodenseefelchen
- Sandfelchen
Further reading
- “Felchen” in Duden online
- “Felchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Felchen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 257