Frosch

See also: frosch

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German vrosch, from Old High German frosk (“frog”), from Proto-West Germanic *frosk (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”). Cognate with German Frosch, English frog.

Pronunciation

• (Nothern, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfroːʃ/
• (Nothern variants) IPA^(key): /ˈfruːʃ/, /ˈfruɐ̯ʃ/
• (Southern) IPA^(key): /ˈfroʃ/

Noun

Frosch m (plural Fresch, diminutive Froschal)

1. frog

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Frosch.

Noun

Frosch

1. (Erzgebirgisch) mucous sputum

Further reading

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vrosch, from Old High German frosk (“frog”), from Proto-West Germanic *frosk (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).

Cognate with Middle Low German vorsch (“frog”), Dutch vors, West Frisian froask, Icelandic froskur, dialectal English frosh (“frog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔʃ/

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• Hyphenation: Frosch

Noun

Frosch m (strong, genitive Frosches or Froschs, plural Frösche, diminutive Fröschchen n or Fröschlein n)

1. frog

Declension

Declension of Frosch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Frosch	die	Frösche
genitive	eines	des	Frosches, Froschs	der	Frösche
dative	einem	dem	Frosch, Frosche1	den	Fröschen
accusative	einen	den	Frosch	die	Frösche

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Froschlaich
• Froschlinse
• Froschmann
• Froschschenkel
• Froschteich
• Laubfrosch
• Madagaskarfrosch
• Ruderfrosch
• Seefrosch
• Südfrosch
• Teichfrosch
• Wasserfrosch
• Wetterfrosch

See also

• Kaulquappe
• Kröte
• Unke
• Molch
• Lurch

Further reading

• “Frosch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Frosch” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German vrosch, from Old High German frosc (“frog”), from Proto-West Germanic *frosk (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).

Cognate with German Frosch, Middle Low German vorsch (“frog”), Dutch vors, West Frisian froask, Icelandic froskur.

Noun

Frosch m (plural Fresch)

1. frog