Pflaster

German

Etymology

From Old High German pflastar, from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpflastɐ/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈflastɐ/ (most speakers in northern and central Germany)
  • (file)

Noun

Pflaster n (genitive Pflasters, plural Pflaster)

  1. band-aid, sticking plaster (Clipping of Heftpflaster.)
  2. plaster
  3. (cobblestone) pavement
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 34–35:
      Durch die noch leeren dunklen Straßen hallte der Hufschlag nahender Pferde auf dem feuchten Pflaster, lange ehe etwas von ihnen zu sehen war.
      Through the still empty dark streets echoed the hoofbeat of approaching horses on the wet pavement, long before something could be seen of them.

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