Eulenspiegel

== German == === Etymology === From Ulenspiegel (1st half of the 16th century), Middle Low German Ūlenspēgel. Its modern semantics is due to the mischievous nature of Till Eulenspiegel, protagonist of a folklore published in 1515. By surface analysis, Eule +‎ -n- +‎ Spiegel, literally “owl mirror”, an analysis already drawn upon in the original tale. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Eu‧len‧spie‧gel === Noun === Eulenspiegel m (strong, genitive Eulenspiegels, plural Eulenspiegel) jester, prankster ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Eulenspiegelei Eulenspiegelstreich eulenspiegelhaft === Further reading === Eulenspiegel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Eulenspiegel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Eulenspiegel” in Duden online “Eulenspiegel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon