Katzengold

German

Etymology

Middle High German katzengolt, Katze +‎ -n- +‎ Gold, literally “cat's gold”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡sn̩ˌɡɔlt/

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Noun

Katzengold n (strong, genitive Katzengoldes or Katzengolds, no plural)

1. pyrite; fool's gold; a mineral from the class of sulfides with the chemical formula FeS₂.

Declension

Declension of Katzengold [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Katzengold
genitive	eines	des	Katzengoldes, Katzengolds
dative	einem	dem	Katzengold, Katzengolde1
accusative	ein	das	Katzengold

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

• Pyrit, Eisen(II)-disulfid, Schwefelkies, Narrengold

Further reading

• “Katzengold” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Katzengold” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Katzengold” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Katzengold” in Duden online
• Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Katzengold”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 362