Opa Langbein

== German == === Etymology === Literally, “grandpa longleg”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈoːpa ˈlaŋˌbaɪ̯n] Hyphenation: Opa Lang‧bein === Noun === Opa Langbein m (strong, genitive Opa Langbeins, plural Opa Langbeine) (colloquial, regional, parts of northern and central Germany) daddy longlegs, harvestman (arachnid of order Opiliones) Synonyms: (Upper Franconia) Habergeiß, (West Central German: chiefly regions along the Moselle and the Rhine river) Hochbeiner, (East Central German: region between the Werra and the Elbe river) Kanker, (eastern parts of Austria) Leiterkarren, (West Central German: chiefly regions along the Rhine and the Main river) Schneider, (Northern German and East Central German: surroundings of Hamburg and regions along the central Elbe river) Schuster, (general term, originally only Austro-Bavarian) Weberknecht, (eastern parts of Switzerland, most western part of Austria: Vorarlberg) Zimmermann ==== Declension ==== === References === “Karte 4–55: der Weberknecht” in Jürgen Eichhoff (2000), Wortatlas der deutschen Umgangssprache (in German), volume 4, Bern/München: Saur, →ISBN, page 32. “lang” and “Opa” in Hermann Paul, revised by Helmut Henne (2002), Deutsches Wörterbuch: Bedeutungsgeschichte und Aufbau unseres Wortschatzes (in German), 10th, revised and extended edition, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, pages 587, 724.