Schmerle
German
Etymology
From earlier smerle. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek σμᾰρίς (smărís).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Schmerle f (genitive Schmerle, plural Schmerlen)
- loach; a fish in the suborder Cobitoidea (order Cypriniformes)
Declension
Declension of Schmerle [feminine]
Further reading
- “Schmerle” in Duden online
- “Schmerle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Schmerle”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 731