Alpenstrandläufer
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of Alpen (“the Alps”) + Strandläufer (“sandpiper, stint”), a calque of translingual Calidris alpina, where alpīnus rather means alpine than of the Alps.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Alpenstrandläufer m (strong, genitive Alpenstrandläufers, plural Alpenstrandläufer)
- dunlin (bird of the species Calidris alpina)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Alpenstrandläufer [masculine, strong]