Maipilz

German

Etymology

From Mai (“May”) +‎ Pilz (“mushroom”), because it fruits in the month of May in Germany.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Maipilz m (strong, genitive Maipilzes, plural Maipilze)

1. St. George's mushroom (an edible mushroom, Calocybe gambosa)

Declension

Declension of Maipilz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Maipilz	die	Maipilze
genitive	eines	des	Maipilzes	der	Maipilze
dative	einem	dem	Maipilz, Maipilze1	den	Maipilzen
accusative	einen	den	Maipilz	die	Maipilze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Maipilz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Maipilz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Maipilz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de