wolpertinger

wolpertinger

See also: Wolpertinger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wolpertinger.

Noun

wolpertinger (plural wolpertingers)

1. A fictional creature said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria, having various incongruous features such as wings, antlers, and fangs.
   • 1995, Greg N Carlson, Francis Jeffry Pelletier, The generic book

     The wolpertinger roams the mountains and forests of the Bavarian Alps.

   • 2004, Bill Cannon, Texas: Land of Legend and Lore

     ...fall into the same category as Germany's wolpertingers, which we have seen on our visits to that country.

   • 2006, Regine Eckardt, Meaning change in grammaticalization

     We can however think of hypothetical worlds w' that contain wolpertingers and/or unicorns […]