Drossel
See also: drossel
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʁɔsəl/, [ˈdʁɔsəl], [ˈdʁɔsl̩], [ˈd̥-]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Dros‧sel
Etymology 1
From Middle High German droschel, from Old High German throskela, from Proto-West Germanic *þrosklā, *þrostlā (“thrush”).
Noun
Drossel f (genitive Drossel, plural Drosseln)
Declension
Declension of Drossel [feminine]
Hyponyms
- Afrikadrossel (“African thrush”)
- Ameisendrossel (“antthrush”)
- Brillendrossel (“bare-eyed thrush”)
- Halsbanddrossel (“varied thrush”)
- Izudrossel (“Izu thrush”)
- Kapdrossel (“olive thrush”)
- Köhlerdrossel (“yellow-legged thrush”)
- Komorendrossel (“Comoros thrush”)
- Misteldrossel (“mistle thrush”)
- Ringdrossel (“ring ouzel”)
- Rotdrossel (“redwing”)
- Rotkehldrossel (“red-throated thrush”)
- Scheckendrossel (“Japanese thrush”)
- Schwarzdrossel (“blackbird”)
- Schwarzkehldrossel (“black-throated thrush”)
- Singdrossel (“throstle, song thrush”)
- Somalidrossel (“Somalian thrush”)
- Spottdrossel (“mockingbird”)
- Südseedrossel (“island thrush”)
- Taitadrossel (“Taita thrush”)
- Wanderdrossel (“American robin”)
- Weißhalsdrossel (“white-collared blackbird”)
Derived terms
- Drosselbart
- Drosselei
- Drosseljunges
- Drosselnest
- Drosselstelze
Etymology 2
From Middle High German drozzel, from Old High German drozza, perhaps ultimately from the root of strotzen.[1] Akin to Old English þrote.
Noun
Drossel f (genitive Drossel, plural Drosseln)
Declension
Declension of Drossel [feminine]
Derived terms
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Drossel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
- “Drossel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Drossel” in Duden online
- “Drossel” in Duden online
- “Drossel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.