Opa Langbein
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈoːpa ˈlaŋˌbaɪ̯n]
- Hyphenation: Opa Lang‧bein
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Noun
Opa Langbein m (genitive Opa Langbeins, plural Opa Langbeine)
- (colloquial, regional, parts of northern and central Germany) daddy longlegs, harvestman (arachnid of order Opiliones; literally: “grandpa longleg”)
- Synonyms: Habergeiß (Upper Franconia), Hochbeiner (West Central German: chiefly regions along the Moselle and the Rhine river), Kanker (East Central German: region between the Werra and the Elbe river), Leiterkarren (eastern parts of Austria), Schneider (West Central German: chiefly regions along the Rhine and the Main river), Schuster (Northern German and East Central German: surroundings of Hamburg and regions along the central Elbe river), Weberknecht (general term, originally only Austro-Bavarian), Zimmermann (eastern parts of Switzerland, most western part of Austria: Vorarlberg)
- 2013 August 19, Michaela Siano, “Ein „Knecht“ mit acht Beinen”, in Braunschweiger Zeitung, retrieved 9 January 2020:
- Man begegnet „Opa Langbein“ im Wald und auf Wiesen, er klettert auch gerne an Mauern hoch.
- You’ll meet “daddy longlegs” in the forest and on meadows; it also likes to climb up walls.
Declension
Declension of Opa Langbein
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Opa Langbein | die | Opa Langbeine |
| genitive | eines | des | Opa Langbeins | der | Opa Langbeine |
| dative | einem | dem | Opa Langbein | den | Opa Langbeinen |
| accusative | einen | den | Opa Langbein | die | Opa Langbeine |
References
- “Karte 4–55: der Weberknecht” in Jürgen Eichhoff (2000) Wortatlas der deutschen Umgangssprache, volume 4, Bern/München: Saur, →ISBN, page 32.
- “lang” and “Opa” in Hermann Paul; revised by Helmut Henne (2002) Deutsches Wörterbuch: Bedeutungsgeschichte und Aufbau unseres Wortschatzes, 10th, revised and extended edition, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 587, 724.