Marienkäfer

== German == === Etymology === From Marien- (cf. genitive forms: Mariens, Mariä, Marias, der Maria (i.e. of the Mary)), a bound morpheme derived from Maria (“Maria, Mary”); Käfer (“beetle”). Compare ladybird and ladybug, where “lady” refers to the Virgin Mary. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈʁiː.ənˌkɛː.fɐ/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /-keː-/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧en‧kä‧fer === Noun === Marienkäfer m (strong, genitive Marienkäfers, plural Marienkäfer, diminutive Marienkäferchen n or Marienkäferlein n) ladybird, ladybug ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Marienkäfer” in Duden online “Marienkäfer”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)