Katzenauge
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Katzenauge n (mixed, genitive Katzenauges, plural Katzenaugen)
- (especially cycling) cat's eye, rear reflector
- Synonym: Rückstrahler
- (mineralogy) chatoyant
Declension
[edit]Declension of Katzenauge [neuter, mixed]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Katzenauge | die | Katzenaugen |
genitive | eines | des | Katzenauges | der | Katzenaugen |
dative | einem | dem | Katzenauge | den | Katzenaugen |
accusative | ein | das | Katzenauge | die | Katzenaugen |
Further reading
[edit]- “Katzenauge” in Duden online
- “Katzenauge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Katzenauge”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 362