Flinte

German

Etymology

Probably from Swedish flinta (borrowed during the Thirty Years's War). The word goes back to the ignition with a flint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɪntə/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Flinte f (genitive Flinte, plural Flinten)

1. shotgun

Declension

Declension of Flinte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Flinte	die	Flinten
genitive	einer	der	Flinte	der	Flinten
dative	einer	der	Flinte	den	Flinten
accusative	eine	die	Flinte	die	Flinten

Hyponyms

• Schrotflinte
• Doppelflinte

Derived terms

• flintenartig

Related terms

• Flint

Descendants

• → Czech: flinta
• → Hungarian: flinta
  • → Romanian: flintă
• → Plautdietsch: Flint
• → Polish: flinta

Further reading

• “Flinte” in Duden online
• “Flinte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache