Meerkatze
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German merekatze, from Old High German merikazza (11th century); equivalent to Meer (“sea”) + Katze (“cat”). So called probably because they were brought to Europe over the sea from Africa. The restriction to the specific species is obviously not original, but a fairly recent scientific use. Adelung (ca. 1780) still defines it as referring to any long-tailed monkey. Compare Middle Dutch meercatte, whence eventually English meerkat.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Meerkatze f (genitive Meerkatze, plural Meerkatzen)
- guenon (kind of monkey)
- 1907, Friedrich Dahl, Versuche über den Farbensinn bei einer Meerkatze:
Usage notes
[edit]- Not to be confused with English meerkat (“kind of mongoose”), the German word for which is Erdmännchen.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Meerkatze [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Meerkatze | die | Meerkatzen |
genitive | einer | der | Meerkatze | der | Meerkatzen |
dative | einer | der | Meerkatze | den | Meerkatzen |
accusative | eine | die | Meerkatze | die | Meerkatzen |
Derived terms
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- de:Cercopithecin monkeys