Noun: pimpelmees
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | pimpelmees |
| Pl. | pimpelmezen |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like pimpelmees
boogpees,
Soedanees,
Taiwanees,
Irakees,
meeneemchinees,
buidelmees,
Balinees,
kuifmees,
poepchinees,
Soendanees,
Oegandees,
Nepalees,
bullepees,
Canadees,
smeerkees,
afhaalchinees,
pimpelmees,
Congolees,
bullenpees,
Katangees, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Second element from mees (“titmouse, chickadee”), first element uncertain. Presumably from a word describing the bird's small size (compare pimpeltje (“small glass”)). However, pimpeltje could have instead derived from pimpelmees as it is attested about a century later. Compare also southern Dutch pepel (“butterfly”) and Flemish pimpaljoentje (“ladybug”). Alternatively, possibly imitative. See: Dutch Nouns '
pepel'.
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