Zikade
Appearance
German
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Zikade f (genitive Zikade, plural Zikaden)
- cicada (any hemipteran of the suborder Auchenorrhyncha)
- Synonym: Zirpe
- 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8:
- Dazu zirpten unzählige Zikaden, schillernde Libellen schossen surrend durch die Luft, […]
- In addition countless cicadas chirped, iridescent dragonflies shot buzzingly through the air, […]
Declension
[edit]Declension of Zikade [feminine]