Pferd
Bavarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German phert, pherit, pferift (“riding horse”), from Old High German pherit, pfarifrit, parafred, from Late Latin paraverēdus (originally “substitute post horse”). Largely displaced the native word Ross, except in compounds like Rossknedl or Rossfleisch.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Pferd n (plural Pferd, diminutive Pfertl or Pferterl)
- (zoology) horse (any member of the species Equus ferus and Equus ferus caballus)
Synonyms
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German phert, pherit, pferift (“riding horse”), from Old High German pherit, pfarifrit, parafred, from Late Latin paraverēdus (originally “substitute post horse”). Largely displaced the native word Ross. Compare Dutch paard and English palfrey.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pfeːrt/, [pfeːɐ̯t] (prescriptive standard; overall rare)
- IPA(key): /feːrt/, [feːɐ̯t], [fɛɐ̯t] (common in northern and central Germany)
- IPA(key): /pfɛrt/, [pfɛrt], [pfɛɐ̯t] (common in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Homophone: fährt (some speakers)
Noun
[edit]Pferd n (strong, genitive Pferdes or Pferds, plural Pferde, diminutive Pferdchen n or Pferdlein n or Pferdelein n or Pferdel n or Pferdl n or Pferderl n or Pferdle n or (less common) Pferdli n or Pferdschen n or Pferdche n or Pferdgen n or (less common) Pferdeken n, masculine Hengst or (if castrated) Wallach, feminine Stute)
- horse
- Meine Mutter hat ein Pferd und das ist sehr süß.
- My mother has a horse and it is very cute.
- Mein Pferd ist zu schnell.
- My horse is too fast.
- (chess, informal) knight
- pommel horse
- (slang) a woman
Declension
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- (horse): Gaul m; Ross n (both regional, except in specific senses)
- (chess): Springer m, Rössel n
- (pommel horse): Pauschenpferd
Hyponyms
[edit](horse):
Hyponyms
[edit]Coordinate terms
[edit]Chess pieces in German · Schachfiguren, Schachsteine (layout · text) | |||||
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König | Dame, Königin | Turm | Läufer | Springer, Pferd, Ross, Rössel | Bauer |
Derived terms
[edit]- Regional dimimutives
Related terms
[edit]- mit jemandem Pferde stehlen können
- Pferdeapfel
- Pferdebahn
- Pferdebesitzer
- Pferdedecke
- Pferdedieb
- Pferdedoktor
- Pferdedressur
- Pferdedroschke
- Pferdefleisch
- Pferdeflüsterer
- Pferdefuhrwerk
- Pferdefuß
- Pferdefutter
- Pferdegeschirr
- Pferdegesicht
- Pferdegespann
- Pferdehaar
- Pferdehalfter
- Pferdehuf
- Pferdekopf
- Pferdekunde
- Pferdekutsche
- Pferderennen
- Pferderücken
- Pferdesattel
- Pferdeschwanz
- Pferdestall
- Pferdestärke
- Pferdewagen
- Pferdeweide
- Pferdezucht
- Pferdezüchter
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Pferd” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Pferd” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Pferd” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Pferd” in Duden online
- Pferd on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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