Drache

See also: drache and draché

German

Alternative forms

Drach, Drack (for the appellative noun)
Trache, Trach, Track (for the appellative noun; Early New High German)

Etymology

From Middle High German trache, from Old High German trahho, from Proto-Germanic *drakô, from Latin draco. The modern initial d- is influenced by the original Latin, reinforced by dialectal German forms.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdʁaxə/, [ˈdʁäχə]
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Hyphenation: Dra‧che
Rhymes: -aχə

Noun

Drache m (genitive Drachen, plural Drachen)

dragon

Declension

Declension of Drache

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Drache	die	Drachen
genitive	eines	des	Drachen	der	Drachen
dative	einem	dem	Drachen	den	Drachen
accusative	einen	den	Drachen	die	Drachen

Hyponyms

Feuerdrache
Meerdrache
Seedrache

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Czech: drak
→ Slovak: drak

Proper noun

Drache m (genitive Drachen)

(astronomy) Draco

Hypernyms

Sternbild

Further reading

Drache in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Drache

plural of Drach

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