Falter

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaltɐ/ Hyphenation: Fal‧ter === Etymology 1 === Haplology of dialectal German Feifalter, from Middle High German vīvalter, from Old High German fīfaltra, from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ, *fīfildǭ (“butterfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *peypel-. Cognate with Dutch vijfwouter, Icelandic fiðrildi, and outside Germanic Latin papilio. Folk-etymologically re-interpreted as Zweifalter, Pfeiffalter, etc., by association with unrelated falten (“to fold”). ==== Noun ==== Falter m (strong, genitive Falters, plural Falter) A lepidopteran; an insect of the order Lepidoptera (i.e., a butterfly or moth) Synonyms: Nachtfalter, Schmetterling, Tagfalter (entomology) imago of an insect of the order Lepidoptera ===== Declension ===== ===== Hyponyms ===== ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === From falten (“to fold”) +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== Falter m (strong, genitive Falters, plural Falter) (Austria) leaflet, folder Synonyms: Broschüre, Faltblatt ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “Falter” in Duden online “Falter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache