Moskito

See also: moskito

German

Alternative forms

Mosquito

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mosquito (“gnat”), diminutive of mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca (“fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūs- (“fly, stinging fly, gnat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔsˈkiːto/, /moˈskiːto/
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Noun

Moskito m (genitive Moskitos, plural Moskitos)

mosquito

Usage notes

The word is of intermediate frequency in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, where the standard term Mücke has a broader and hence ambiguous sense.
In northern and central Germany, Moskito is sometimes used to refer to tropical species but is otherwise rather uncommon.

Declension

Declension of Moskito

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

Synonyms

Mücke; Stechmücke
Gelse (south-eastern)
Schnake (south-western)