Pinguin

See also: pinguin, pinguïn, pingüin, and pingüín

German

Etymology

Early 17th century. Borrowed, perhaps through Dutch pinguïn (1595), from English penguin, which originally referred to the now extinct great auk. Further origin uncertain. Probably either from Welsh pen gwyn (literally “white head”), the great auk having two characteristic white patches near the eyes; or from Latin pinguis (“fat, plump”), referring to the plumpish appearance of both birds. Sources vary as to which theory is likelier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪŋˌɡu̯iːn/, [ˈpɪŋ.ɡuˌiːn], [ˈpɪŋˌɡʋiːn]

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Pinguin m (strong, genitive Pinguins, plural Pinguine, feminine Pinguinin)

1. penguin (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Pinguin [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pinguin	die	Pinguine
genitive	eines	des	Pinguins	der	Pinguine
dative	einem	dem	Pinguin	den	Pinguinen
accusative	einen	den	Pinguin	die	Pinguine

Derived terms

• Adéliepinguin
• Brillenpinguin
• Dickschnabelpinguin
• Eselspinguin
• Felsenpinguin
• Fiordlandpinguin
• Galápagospinguin
• Gelbaugenpinguin
• Gelbschopfpinguin
• Goldschopfpinguin
• Großpinguin
• Haubenpinguin
• Humboldtpinguin, Humboldt-Pinguin
• Kaiserpinguin
• Kehlstreifpinguin
• Königspinguin
• Kronenpinguin
• Langschwanzpinguin
• Magellanpinguin, Magellan-Pinguin
• Pinguinart
• Pinguindiagramm, Pinguin-Diagramm
• Pinguineffekt, Pinguin-Effekt
• Pinguinei, Pinguin-Ei
• Pinguingattung
• Pinguinjunges, Pinguin-Junges
• Pinguinkind
• Pinguinkolonie
• Pinguinküken, Pinguin-Küken
• Pinguinmännchen, Pinguin-Männchen
• Pinguinmutter
• Pinguinprinzip, Pinguin-Prinzip
• Pinguinreichtum
• Pinguinsalmler
• Pinguinvater
• Pinguinweibchen, Pinguin-Weibchen
• Pinguinzerfall, Pinguin-Zerfall
• Riesenpinguin
• Rotschnabelpinguin
• Schlegelpinguin
• Schopfpinguin
• Sclater-Pinguin
• Sclaterpinguin
• Snares-Dickschnabelpinguin
• Snaresinselpinguin
• Snarespinguin
• Weißflügelpinguin
• Zügelpinguin
• Zwergpinguin

Descendants

• → Hungarian: pingvin

Further reading

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

Hunsrik

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *kʷennom

Proto-Brythonic *penn

Welsh pen?

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.?

Proto-Celtic *windos

Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn

Welsh gwyn?

Proto-Indo-European *peyh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-influ.?

Latin pinguisder.?

English penguinbor.

Dutch pinguïnbor.

French pingouinbor.

Brazilian Portuguese pinguimbor.

Hunsrik Pinguin

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pinguim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰiŋkuˈiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn
• Syllabification: Pin‧gu‧in

Noun

Pinguin m (plural Pinguin)

1. penguin (any bird of order Sphenisciformes)

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piŋɡuˈiːn/

Noun

Pinguin m (plural Pinguinen)

1. penguin