Pflaster

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German pflastar, ultimately from Latin emplastrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpflastɐ/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value standard is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • IPA(key): /ˈflastɐ/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value most speakers in northern and central Germany is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
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Noun

Pflaster n (genitive Pflasters, plural Pflaster)

  1. band-aid, sticking plaster (Clipping of Heftpflaster.)
  2. plaster
  3. (cobblestone) pavement
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 34–35:
      Durch die noch leeren dunklen Straßen hallte der Hufschlag nahender Pferde auf dem feuchten Pflaster, lange ehe etwas von ihnen zu sehen war.
      Through the still empty dark streets echoed the hoofbeat of approaching horses on the wet pavement, long before something could be seen of them.

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