Hänfling

German

Etymology

Hanf +‎ -ling

The bird was so called for its fondness for hemp seeds (cf. English linnet). The colloquial usage for a person is by comparison to a hemp plant (cf. English beanpole).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛnflɪŋ/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛmpflɪŋ/ (colloquial)
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Noun

Hänfling m (strong, genitive Hänflings, plural Hänflinge)

  1. linnet
  2. a small and thin person

Declension

Declension of Hänfling [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Hänfling die Hänflinge
genitive eines des Hänflings der Hänflinge
dative einem dem Hänfling den Hänflingen
accusative einen den Hänfling die Hänflinge

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