Schmerle

German

Etymology

From earlier smerle. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek σμᾰρίς (smărís).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Schmerle f (genitive Schmerle, plural Schmerlen)

1. loach; a fish in the suborder Cobitoidea (order Cypriniformes)

Declension

Declension of Schmerle [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schmerle	die	Schmerlen
genitive	einer	der	Schmerle	der	Schmerlen
dative	einer	der	Schmerle	den	Schmerlen
accusative	eine	die	Schmerle	die	Schmerlen

Further reading

• “Schmerle” in Duden online
• “Schmerle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Schmerle”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 731