Enterich

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German entrech, entreich, antrache, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German antrahho, anetrehho, anutrehho (“male duck, drake”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *anadrekô (“duck leader”). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German dialectal Drache (“male duck, drake”), Low German drake (“male duck, drake”), Middle English drake (“male duck”). More at drake.

Equivalent to: Ente +‎ -rich

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Noun

Enterich m (genitive Enterichs, plural Enteriche)

1. drake (male duck)

Synonyms

• Erpel

Related terms

• Ente

Further reading

• “Enterich” in Duden online