Papagei

German

Etymology

From Middle High German papegei, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγάς (papagás), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء‎ (babbaḡāʾ). 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
  • IPA(key): /papaˈɡaɪ̯/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Pa‧pa‧gei
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

Papagei m (genitive Papageis or Papageien, plural Papageien)

  1. parrot

Usage notes
  • 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

Strong declension:

Declension of Papagei
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Papagei die Papageien
genitive eines des Papageis der Papageien
dative einem dem Papagei den Papageien
accusative einen den Papagei die Papageien

Weak declension:

Declension of Papagei
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Papagei die Papageien
genitive eines des Papageien der Papageien
dative einem dem Papageien den Papageien
accusative einen den Papageien die Papageien

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Papagei.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɑpɑˈɡɑɪ̯/

Noun

Papagei m (plural Papageien)

  1. parrot
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