Katzenauge

German

Etymology

Katze +‎ -n- +‎ Auge

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡sn̩ˌʔaʊ̯ɡə/
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Noun

Katzenauge n (mixed, genitive Katzenauges, plural Katzenaugen)

(especially cycling) cat's eye, rear reflector
Synonym: Rückstrahler
(mineralogy) chatoyant

Declension

Declension of Katzenauge [neuter, mixed]

	singular			plural
	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

“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

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