Fäkalie

German

Etymology

19th c. Pseudo-Latinate, probably from French fécal + Latin -ālie, from Middle French fecal, from Latin faex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛˈkaːli̯ə/ (Germany)
  • IPA(key): /feˈkaːli̯ɛ/ (Austria)
  • Audio (Germany):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Fä‧ka‧lie

Noun

Fäkalie f (genitive Fäkalie, plural Fäkalien)

  1. (chiefly in the plural, often specialist language) feces

Declension

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

Further reading

  • “Fäkalie” in Duden online
  • “Fäkalie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Fäkalie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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