Molch

German

Etymology

Alteration (-ch due to Lurch) of Middle High German mol, molle, from Old High German mol, mol(l)o, from Proto-Germanic *mulô, from Proto-Indo-European *molh₂-o- (compare Lithuanian mul̃vas (“yellow, clayey”), Latin mulleus (“ruddy (shoes)”), Sanskrit मल (mála, “dirt”)), from *melh₂- (“dark color”).[1] More at malen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔlç/
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Noun

Molch m (genitive Molchs or Molches, plural Molche)

  1. newt

Declension
Declension of Molch
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Molch die Molche
genitive eines des Molches,
Molchs		 der Molche
dative einem dem Molch,
Molche1		 den Molchen
accusative einen den Molch die Molche
1Now uncommon, see notes

See also

References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, s.v. “Molch” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbucher Vertrag, 2005).

Further reading
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