Papagei

From Middle High German papegei, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγάς (papagás), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ). Further origin unknown, perhaps from an African language or imitative. The Middle High German variant papegān may have been borrowed directly from Byzantine Greek during the Crusades; compare modern Turkish papağan.

• IPA^(key): /papaˈɡaɪ̯/

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• Hyphenation: Pa‧pa‧gei
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Papagei m (mixed or weak or strong, genitive Papageis or (less common) Papageien, plural Papageien or (rare) Papageie)

1. parrot

   ein sprechender Papagei ― a talking parrot

• The word may be declined according to the strong or the weak pattern. Strong declension prevails considerably in both spoken and written German. The genitive (des) Papageien is somewhat more competitive than the other weak forms, but is still fairly rare.

• Altweltpapagei
• Ara
• Bergpapagei
• Buntschwanzpapagei
• Goldbugpapagei
• Graupapagei
• Kakadu
• Langflügelpapagei
• Lori
• Neuweltpapagei
• Sittich
• Zwergpapagei

• Papageienvogel
• Vogel

• Papageienart
• Papageienschnabel
• Papageitaucher

• wie ein Papagei nachplappern (“to repeat things parrot-fashion”)

• “Papagei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Papagei” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Papagei” in Duden online

Borrowed from German Papagei.

• IPA^(key): /pɑpɑˈɡɑɪ̯/

Papagei m (plural Papageien)

1. parrot