Tabakkäfer

German

Etymology

From Tabak (“tobacco”) +‎ Käfer (“beetle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta(ː)bakˌkɛːfɐ/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /-kɛː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: Ta‧bak‧kä‧fer

Noun

Tabakkäfer m (strong, genitive Tabakkäfers, plural Tabakkäfer)

1. tobacco beetle or cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne)

Declension

Declension of Tabakkäfer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tabakkäfer	die	Tabakkäfer
genitive	eines	des	Tabakkäfers	der	Tabakkäfer
dative	einem	dem	Tabakkäfer	den	Tabakkäfern
accusative	einen	den	Tabakkäfer	die	Tabakkäfer

Further reading

• “Tabakkäfer” in Duden online
• “Tabakkäfer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache