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Papagei

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German papegei, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγάς (papagás), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ). Further origin unknown, perhaps from an African language or imitative. The Middle High German variant papegān may have been borrowed directly from Byzantine Greek during the Crusades; compare modern Turkish papağan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /papaˈɡaɪ̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Pa‧pa‧gei
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

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Papagei m (mixed or weak or strong, genitive Papageis or (less common) Papageien, plural Papageien or (rare) Papageie)

  1. parrot
    ein sprechender Papagei ― a talking parrot

Usage notes

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  • The word may be declined according to the strong or the weak pattern. Strong declension prevails considerably in both spoken and written German. The genitive (des) Papageien is somewhat more competitive than the other weak forms, but is still fairly rare.

Declension

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Declension of Papagei [masculine, mixed // weak // strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Papagei die Papageien, Papageie2
genitive eines des Papageis, Papageien1 der Papageien, Papageie2
dative einem dem Papagei, Papageien1 den Papageien
accusative einen den Papagei, Papageien1 die Papageien, Papageie2

1Less common.
2Rare.

Hyponyms

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Hyponyms

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See also

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Further reading

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Papagei.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Papagei m (plural Papageien)

  1. parrot
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