Pranke
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German pranke, a Romance borrowing, found as Late Latin branca, from Gaulish.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Pranke f (genitive Pranke, plural Pranken)
- paw of a large predator, especially felines
- (colloquial) large, coarse hand
- 2005, Aslı Sevindim, Candlelight Döner. Geschichten über meine deutsch-türkische Familie, Berlin: Ullstein, →ISBN, page 77:
- Ich dagegen finde die Stimme meines Vaters weniger furchteinflößend als seine riesigen Pranken.
- I, in contrast, deem the voice of my father less fear-inducing than his huge hands.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Pranke [feminine]
Further reading
[edit]- “Pranke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Pranke” in Duden online
- “Pranke” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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