Wolkenkratzer

== German == === Etymology === From Wolke +‎ -n- +‎ Kratzer, a calque of English skyscraper. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɔlkn̩ˌkʁat͡sɐ/ Hyphenation: Wol‧ken‧krat‧zer === Noun === Wolkenkratzer m (strong, genitive Wolkenkratzers, plural Wolkenkratzer) skyscraper (tall building) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: wolkenkrabber (calque)→ Afrikaans: wolkekrabber→ West Frisian: wolkekrabber → Ukrainian: хмарочос (xmaročos) (calque) → Yiddish: וואָלקן־קראַצער (volkn-kratser) === Further reading === “Wolkenkratzer”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Wolkenkratzer” in Duden online “Wolkenkratzer”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008– “Wolkenkratzer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon