Schnirkelschnecke

German

Etymology

From Schnörkel (“curlicue”) +‎ Schnecke (“snail”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃnɪʁkl̩ˌʃnɛkə]
  • Hyphenation: Schnir‧kel‧schne‧cke

Noun

Schnirkelschnecke f (genitive Schnirkelschnecke, plural Schnirkelschnecken)

  1. (zoology) Any mollusc of the family Helicidae.

Declension

Declension of Schnirkelschnecke [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schnirkelschnecke die Schnirkelschnecken
genitive einer der Schnirkelschnecke der Schnirkelschnecken
dative einer der Schnirkelschnecke den Schnirkelschnecken
accusative eine die Schnirkelschnecke die Schnirkelschnecken

Hypernyms

  • Lungenschnecke

Hyponyms

Further reading

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