Pfifferling
German
Pfifferling
Etymology
Middle High German phefferlinc, Old High German phiferia, related to Pfeffer (“pepper”). In the figurative sense apparently a reference to its (former) ubiquity.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpfɪfɐlɪŋ/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈfɪfɐlɪŋ/ (most speakers in northern and central Germany)
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Noun
Pfifferling m (strong, genitive Pfifferlings, plural Pfifferlinge)
- chanterelle
- Synonyms: Eierschwammerl, Reherl
- (figurative) trifle (anything of little importance or worth)
- 1794, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Siebenter Gesang”, in Reinecke Fuchs [Reynard the Fox] (Goethe's neue Schriften), page 259:
- Weiter nichts? versetzte der Fuchs. Das ficht mich nun alles / Keinen Pfifferling an. […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Pfifferling [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Pfifferling | die | Pfifferlinge |
| genitive | eines | des | Pfifferlings | der | Pfifferlinge |
| dative | einem | dem | Pfifferling | den | Pfifferlingen |
| accusative | einen | den | Pfifferling | die | Pfifferlinge |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Italian: finferlo
Further reading
- “Pfifferling” in Duden online
- “Pfifferling” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Pfifferling” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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