Enterich

German

Etymology

From Middle High German entrech, entreich, antrache, from Old High German antrahho, anetrehho, anutrehho (“male duck, drake”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“duck leader”).

Cognate with dialectal German Drache (“male duck, drake”), Low German drake (“male duck, drake”), Middle English drake (“male duck”). By surface analysis, Ente +‎ -rich. More at drake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛntəʁɪç/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: En‧te‧rich

Noun

Enterich m (strong, genitive Enterichs, plural Enteriche)

1. drake (male duck)

   Synonym: Erpel

Declension

Declension of Enterich [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Enterich	die	Enteriche
genitive	eines	des	Enterichs	der	Enteriche
dative	einem	dem	Enterich	den	Enterichen
accusative	einen	den	Enterich	die	Enteriche

Related terms

• Ente

Further reading

• “Enterich” in Duden online