Puppe
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See also: puppe
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin pupa. Sense of "pupa" borrowed from New Latin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Puppe f (genitive Puppe, plural Puppen, diminutive Püppchen n or Püpplein n or Püppel n)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Puppe [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]- Bauchrednerpuppe f (“ventriloquist dummy”)
- Gliederpuppe f
- Handpuppe f (“hand puppet”)
- Puppenstube f (“dollhouse”)
- verpuppen (“to pupate”)
- bis in die Puppen
- die Puppen tanzen lassen
Further reading
[edit]- “Puppe” in Duden online
- “Puppe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Puppe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Puppe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de