Nachtfalter

German

Etymology

Nacht +‎ Falter

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnaxtfaltɐ/
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Hyphenation: Nacht‧fal‧ter

Noun

Nachtfalter m (strong, genitive Nachtfalters, plural Nachtfalter)

moth (insect similar to a butterfly; especially any nocturnal species of the Macrolepidoptera grouping)
Synonym: (colloquial; otherwise only in reference to microlepidopterous species) Motte

Declension

Declension of Nachtfalter [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Nachtfalter	die	Nachtfalter
genitive	eines	des	Nachtfalters	der	Nachtfalter
dative	einem	dem	Nachtfalter	den	Nachtfaltern
accusative	einen	den	Nachtfalter	die	Nachtfalter

See also

Tagfalter

Further reading

“Nachtfalter” in Duden online
“Nachtfalter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Nachtfalter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Nachtfalter” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

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