Engerling

See also: engerling

German

Etymology

From Middle High German engerlinc, from Old High German engiring (10th c.), diminutive of angar ‘large larva’ (compare modern dialectal Anger, Inger), from Proto-Germanic *angaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ-ir- (compare Lithuanian ungurỹs ‘eel’, ánkštara, inkstìras ‘pimple; tapeworm’, Albanian thnegël ‘ant’).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋəʁlɪŋ/, [ˈʔɛŋɐlɪŋ]
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Noun

Engerling m (genitive Engerlings, plural Engerlinge)

white, dirt-dwelling maggot of the cockchafer or botfly

Declension

Declension of Engerling

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Engerling	die	Engerlinge
genitive	eines	des	Engerlings	der	Engerlinge
dative	einem	dem	Engerling	den	Engerlingen
accusative	einen	den	Engerling	die	Engerlinge

Related terms

Unke
Egel

Descendants

→ Dutch: engerling