Purpurreiher

German

Etymology

Purpur (“purple”) +‎ Reiher (“heron”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊʁpʊʁˌʁaɪ̯ɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Pur‧pur‧rei‧her

Noun

Purpurreiher m (strong, genitive Purpurreihers, plural Purpurreiher)

1. purple heron (bird of the species Ardea purpurea)

Declension

Declension of Purpurreiher [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Purpurreiher	die	Purpurreiher
genitive	eines	des	Purpurreihers	der	Purpurreiher
dative	einem	dem	Purpurreiher	den	Purpurreihern
accusative	einen	den	Purpurreiher	die	Purpurreiher

Further reading

• Purpurreiher on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Purpurreiher” in Duden online
• “Purpurreiher” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache