Nachtfalter
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Nachtfalter m (strong, genitive Nachtfalters, plural Nachtfalter)
- moth (insect similar to a butterfly; especially any nocturnal species of the Macrolepidoptera grouping)
- Synonym: (colloquial; otherwise only in reference to microlepidopterous species) Motte
Declension
[edit]Declension of Nachtfalter [masculine, strong]
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Nachtfalter” in Duden online
- “Nachtfalter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Nachtfalter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Nachtfalter” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.