Fernglas

German

Etymology

Compound of fern (“far”) +‎ Glas (“glass”), a loose loan translation of Dutch verrekijker.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛʁnˌɡlaːs/
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Noun

Fernglas n (strong, genitive Fernglases, plural Ferngläser)

small, hand-held telescope (including binoculars and monoculars)
Synonyms: Binokular, (colloquial) Feldstecher

Declension

Declension of Fernglas [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Fernglas	die	Ferngläser
genitive	eines	des	Fernglases	der	Ferngläser
dative	einem	dem	Fernglas, Fernglase¹	den	Ferngläsern
accusative	ein	das	Fernglas	die	Ferngläser

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

“Fernglas” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Fernglas” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Fernglas” in Duden online
“Fernglas” in OpenThesaurus.de
Fernglas on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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