Frettchen
German
Etymology
Diminutive of an obsolete simplex frett, which is borrowed via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch furet, fret from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French furet, + -chen. Compare modern Dutch fret.
Pronunciation
Noun
Frettchen n (genitive Frettchens, plural Frettchen)
- ferret (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
Declension
Further reading
- “Frettchen” in Duden online
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- German terms derived from Middle Dutch
- German terms derived from Old French
- German terms suffixed with -chen
- German 2-syllable words
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