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Translate butterfly from English to German

Summary

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butterfly:
- Schmetterling
Wiktionary:
- butterfly → Summervogl, Tagfalter, Falter, Schmetterling
- butterfly → Falter, Schmetterling

English

Detailed Translations for butterfly from English to German

butterfly:

butterfly [the ~] nomen

the butterfly
der Schmetterling
- Schmetterling [der ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for butterfly:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Schmetterling	butterfly
-	butterfly stroke
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	chat up; coquet; coquette; dally; flirt; mash; philander; romance

Related Words for "butterfly":

butterflies

Synonyms for "butterfly":

lepidopterous insect; lepidopteron; lepidopteran
butterfly stroke; swimming stroke
flit; flutter; fleet; dart
unfold; spread; spread out; open
chat up; flirt; dally; coquet; coquette; romance; philander; mash; talk; speak

Related Definitions for "butterfly":

a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down¹
diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings¹
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions¹
cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking¹
flutter like a butterfly¹

Wiktionary Translations for butterfly:

butterfly

noun

insect
- butterfly → Summervogl; Tagfalter; Falter; Schmetterling

butterfly

noun

am Tage fliegender Schmetterling mit Knöpfen an den Fühlern (Rhopalocera, echte T. = ÜberFamilie Papilionoídea)
- Tagfalter → butterfly
Biologie: im engeren Sinne ein Tagfalter (tagaktiver Schmetterling^[1])
- Schmetterling → butterfly
Sport: ein Schwimmstil
- Schmetterling → butterfly
Biologie: Vertreter einer artenreichen Ordnung der Insekten; Schmetterling
- Falter → butterfly

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• butterfly	→ Falter; Schmetterling	↔ papillon — Papillon de jour (rhopalocère)

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