Sperber

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sperwære, from Old High German sparwāri. Cognate with Dutch sperwer, French épervier, Italian sparviere.[1] Related with Sperling (“sparrow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɛrbər/, [ˈʃpɛʁ.bɐ], [ˈʃpɛɐ̯.bɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Sperber m (strong, genitive Sperbers, plural Sperber)

  1. sparrow hawk (bird of prey)

Declension

Declension of Sperber [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Sperber die Sperber
genitive eines des Sperbers der Sperber
dative einem dem Sperber den Sperbern
accusative einen den Sperber die Sperber

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Sperber”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

  • “Sperber” in Duden online
  • “Sperber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.