Graupapagei

German
ein Graupapagei
ein Graupapagei

Etymology

From grau (“grey”) +‎ Papagei (“parrot”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡʁaʊ̯papaˌɡaɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: Grau‧pa‧pa‧gei

Noun

Graupapagei m (mixed or weak or strong, genitive Graupapageis or (less common) Graupapageien, plural Graupapageien or (rare) Graupapageie)

  1. (ornithology) any bird of the grey parrot (Congo grey parrot) species Psittacus erithacus.
    Synonym: Kongo-Graupapagei
  2. (in the plural) collective noun for birds of the genus Psittacus in the family Psittacidae.

Declension
Declension of Graupapagei [masculine, mixed // weak // strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Graupapagei die Graupapageien, Graupapageie2
genitive eines des Graupapageis, Graupapageien1 der Graupapageien, Graupapageie2
dative einem dem Graupapagei, Graupapageien1 den Graupapageien
accusative einen den Graupapagei, Graupapageien1 die Graupapageien, Graupapageie2

1Less common.
2Rare.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms
  • Timneh-Graupapagei (“Psittacus timneh”)

Coordinate terms
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