Alpenstrandläufer
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of Alpen (“the Alps”) + Strandläufer (“sandpiper, stint”), a calque of translingual Calidris alpina, where alpīnus rather means alpine than of the Alps.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Alpenstrandläufer m (strong, genitive Alpenstrandläufers, plural Alpenstrandläufer)
- dunlin (bird of the species Calidris alpina)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Alpenstrandläufer [masculine, strong]