Eselsbrücke
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Esel (“donkey”) + -s- + Brücke (“bridge”), a calque of Latin pōns asinōrum. Apparently attested in German from the 18th c. Compare the same in Dutch ezelsbrug.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Eselsbrücke f (genitive Eselsbrücke, plural Eselsbrücken)
- (somewhat informal) mnemonic (a mental technique to remember something, e.g. a sentence)
- Synonyms: Merksatz, Merkspruch
- Bau dir einfach eine Eselsbrücke! ― Simply come up with a mnemonic.
- Denk dir einfach eine Eselsbrücke aus! ― (idem)
- 2012, Caruso Matarese, Nie mehr Blind Date, epubli, →ISBN:
- Ich habe mir seinerzeit, als sie es aus ihrem bezaubernden Kussmund verlauten ließ, dass sie im März Geburtstag hat, eine Eselsbrücke gebaut, um mir auf jeden Fall den Monat zu merken. Die Eselsbrücke, wie war die denn doch gleich?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Eselsbrücke [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Eselsbrücke | die | Eselsbrücken |
genitive | einer | der | Eselsbrücke | der | Eselsbrücken |
dative | einer | der | Eselsbrücke | den | Eselsbrücken |
accusative | eine | die | Eselsbrücke | die | Eselsbrücken |
Further reading
[edit]Eselsbrücke on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Eselsbrücke” in Duden online
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