Schmetterling
German, noun/ˈʃmɛtərlɪŋ/
Schmetterling is a German masculine noun meaning “butterfly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Insekt mit farbig beschuppten Flügeln (Ordnung Lepidoptera)”.
What does Schmetterling mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebutterfly
- 2
masculineany insect of the order Lepidoptera, i.e. a butterfly or moth
- 3
masculinebutterfly (kind of stroke)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Insekt mit farbig beschuppten Flügeln (Ordnung Lepidoptera) 2. im engeren Sinne ein Tagfalter (tagaktiver Schmetterling^([1])) 3. ein Schwimmstil 4. eine Stellung der Segel
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schmetterling
- Schmetterlings genitive
- Schmetterlinges genitive
- Schmetterlinge plural
- Schmetterlingen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schmetterling?
- /ˈʃmɛtərlɪŋ/
- [ˈʃmɛ.tɐ.lɪŋ]
- [ˈʃmɛtɐlɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schmetterling
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schmetterling in German?
Schmetterling appears 4.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).