Rotschwanzsittich

German

Etymology

From rot (“red”) +‎ Schwanz (“tail”) +‎ Sittich (“parakeet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʁoːtʃvan(t)sˌsɪtɪç]
  • Hyphenation: Rot‧schwanz‧sit‧tich

Noun

Rotschwanzsittich m (strong, genitive Rotschwanzsittiches or Rotschwanzsittichs, plural Rotschwanzsittiche)

  1. (ornithology) any bird of the neotropical parrot genus Pyrrhura.
  2. (in the plural) collective noun for birds of the genus Pyrrhura in the family Psittacidae.

Declension

Declension of Rotschwanzsittich [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Rotschwanzsittich die Rotschwanzsittiche
genitive eines des Rotschwanzsittiches, Rotschwanzsittichs der Rotschwanzsittiche
dative einem dem Rotschwanzsittich, Rotschwanzsittiche1 den Rotschwanzsittichen
accusative einen den Rotschwanzsittich die Rotschwanzsittiche

1Now rare, see notes.

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