Fledermaus

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vledermūs, from Old High German fledarmūs, from *fledara (“wing”) + mūs (“mouse”). Displaced older mūstro (“bat”), found also in the combination form fledaremūstro/fledarmūstro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfleːdɐˌmaʊ̯s/ Hyphenation: Fle‧der‧maus === Noun === Fledermaus f (genitive Fledermaus, plural Fledermäuse) (sensu stricto) microbat bat (flying mammal) ==== Declension ==== ==== Compounds ==== === References === Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2313 === Further reading === “Fledermaus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Fledermaus” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Fledermaus” in Duden online Fledermaus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de