Papagei

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German papegei, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγάς (papagás), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ). Further origin unknown, perhaps from an African language or imitative. The Middle High German variant papegān may have been borrowed directly from Byzantine Greek during the Crusades; compare modern Turkish papağan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /papaˈɡaɪ̯/
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  • Hyphenation: Pa‧pa‧gei
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

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Papagei m (mixed or weak or strong, genitive Papageis or (less common) Papageien, plural Papageien or (rare) Papageie)

  1. parrot
    ein sprechender Papageia talking parrot

Usage notes

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  • The word may be declined according to the strong or the weak pattern. Strong declension prevails considerably in both spoken and written German. The genitive (des) Papageien is somewhat more competitive than the other weak forms, but is still fairly rare.

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Hyponyms

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Hyponyms

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See also

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Further reading

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Papagei.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Papagei m (plural Papageien)

  1. parrot