Pflaster
German
Etymology
From Middle High German pflaster, from Old High German pflastar (“plaster, pavement”), from Proto-West Germanic *plastr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpflastɐ/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈflastɐ/ (most speakers in northern and central Germany)
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Noun
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- band-aid, sticking plaster (Clipping of Heftpflaster.)
- plaster
- (cobblestone) pavement
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 34–35:
- Durch die noch leeren dunklen Straßen hallte der Hufschlag nahender Pferde auf dem feuchten Pflaster, lange ehe etwas von ihnen zu sehen war.
- Through the still empty dark streets echoed the hoofbeat of approaching horses on the wet pavement, long before something could be seen of them.
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 34–35:
Declension
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Derived terms
Descendants
- → Polish: plaster
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