Pfeilstorch

German

Ein ausgestopfter Pfeilstorch ― A taxidermied Pfeilstorch.

Etymology

From Pfeil (“arrow”) +‎ Storch (“stork”).

Noun

Pfeilstorch m (strong, genitive Pfeilstorches or Pfeilstorchs, plural Pfeilstörche)

1. A stork (generally Ciconia ciconia) that has been pierced by an African hunter's arrows or spears but lived to migrate northwards to Europe; a number of such storks have been spotted in German-speaking Europe since the nineteenth century, giving insight into migratory patterns.

Declension

Declension of Pfeilstorch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pfeilstorch	die	Pfeilstörche
genitive	eines	des	Pfeilstorches, Pfeilstorchs	der	Pfeilstörche
dative	einem	dem	Pfeilstorch, Pfeilstorche1	den	Pfeilstörchen
accusative	einen	den	Pfeilstorch	die	Pfeilstörche

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Pfeilstorch on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de