Schildkröte

== German == === Etymology === By surface analysis, compound of Schild (“shield”) +‎ Kröte (“toad”). Inherited from Middle High German (die/ein) schiltkräd (plural: schiltkräden; 2nd half of the 15th century), (ain) schiltkroten (ca. 1350). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃɪltˌkʁøːtə/ === Noun === Schildkröte f (genitive Schildkröte, plural Schildkröten) turtle, tortoise ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Schildkröte”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Schildkröte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Schildkröte” in Duden online Schildkröte on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Schildkröte” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.