Pförtchen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpfœʁtçən/, [ˈp͡fœʁt.çən], [ˈfœʁt-], [-œɐ̯t-]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Pfört‧chen
- Homophone: Förtchen (regional)
Declension
Descendants
- → Russian: фо́рточка (fórtočka) (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
Hypercorrection due to the usual simpflication of initial /pf/ to /f/ in northern and central Germany.
Noun
Pförtchen n (strong, genitive Pförtchens, plural Pförtchen)
- Alternative spelling of Förtchen (“kind of pastry”)
Declension
Further reading
- “Pförtchen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Pförtchen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Pförtchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Pförtchen” in Duden online
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