Futteral

German

Etymology

15th century, from Futter (“lining”, formerly also “sheath”) +‎ -al. Said to have been formed after Medieval Latin fotrale, but this is sparsely attested and no earlier than the German; thus perhaps inspired by Middle French fourrel, from Old French forrel (11th c.). All words ultimately derive from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath, lining”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʊtəˈʁaːl/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Futteral n (strong, genitive Futterals or (less common) Futterales, plural Futterale)

1. case, sheath, étui

   Synonym: Etui

Declension

Declension of Futteral [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Futteral	die	Futterale
genitive	eines	des	Futterals, Futterales1	der	Futterale
dative	einem	dem	Futteral, Futterale1,2	den	Futteralen
accusative	ein	das	Futteral	die	Futterale

¹Less common.
²Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Futteral on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Futteral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Futteral” in Duden online
• “Futteral” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon