Falter

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfaltɐ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Fal‧ter

Etymology 1

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Haplology of dialectal German Feifalter, from Middle High German vīvalter, from Old High German fīfaltra, from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ, *fīfildǭ (butterfly), from Proto-Indo-European *peypel-. Cognate with Dutch vijfwouter, Icelandic fiðrildi, and outside Germanic Latin papilio. Folk-etymologically re-interpreted as Zweifalter, Pfeiffalter, etc., by association with unrelated falten (to fold).

Noun

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Falter m (strong, genitive Falters, plural Falter)

  1. an insect of the order Lepidoptera (i.e., a butterfly or moth)
    Synonyms: Nachtfalter, Schmetterling, Tagfalter
  2. (entomology) imago of an insect of the order Lepidoptera
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See also

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Etymology 2

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From falten (to fold) +‎ -er.

Noun

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Falter m (strong, genitive Falters, plural Falter)

  1. (Austria) leaflet, folder
    Synonyms: Broschüre, Faltblatt
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Further reading

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  • Falter” in Duden online
  • Falter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache