Staffelschwanz
German
Staffelschwänze
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtafəlˌʃvan(t)s/, [ˈʃtafl̩ˌʃvan(t)s]
- Hyphenation: Staf‧fel‧schwanz
Noun
Staffelschwanz m (strong, genitive Staffelschwanzes, plural Staffelschwänze)
- (ornithology) Australasian wren (any of the passerine birds of the family Maluridae)
- (in the plural) collective noun for birds of the family Maluridae.
- Synonym: Australischer Sänger
Declension
Declension of Staffelschwanz [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Staffelschwanz | die | Staffelschwänze |
| genitive | eines | des | Staffelschwanzes | der | Staffelschwänze |
| dative | einem | dem | Staffelschwanz, Staffelschwanze1 | den | Staffelschwänzen |
| accusative | einen | den | Staffelschwanz | die | Staffelschwänze |
1Now rare, see notes.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Prachtstaffelschwanz (“superb fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)”)
- Rotstirn-Borstenschwanz (“Southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus)”)
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