Kaulquappe

German

Etymology

15th century; from Middle High German kūle (modern Kaule) "hollow, pond" and *kwappō (“type of fresh-water fish”) (more at *žaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaulˌkvapə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Kaulquappe f (genitive Kaulquappe, plural Kaulquappen)

1. tadpole, polliwog

Declension

Declension of Kaulquappe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kaulquappe	die	Kaulquappen
genitive	einer	der	Kaulquappe	der	Kaulquappen
dative	einer	der	Kaulquappe	den	Kaulquappen
accusative	eine	die	Kaulquappe	die	Kaulquappen

See also

• Frosch m
• Kröte f

Further reading

• “Kaulquappe” in Duden online
• “Kaulquappe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)