Prädator

== German == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“to loot, to pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁɛ(ː)ˈdaːtoːɐ̯/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /pʁeːˈdaːtoːɐ̯/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: Prä‧da‧tor === Noun === Prädator m (mixed, genitive Prädators, plural Prädatoren) (ecology) predator (any organism that feeds on other organisms) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Beutegreifer Greifvogel Raubfisch Raubtier ==== Derived terms ==== Prädatorenkontrolle Prädatorenmanagement Spitzenprädator ==== Related terms ==== Prädation === Further reading === “Prädator” in Duden online “Prädator”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)