Noun
der Falke
Pronunciation: /ˈfalkə/
falcon
C1
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plural Falken
Meanings
Noun
- falcon
- hawk, hard-liner
Example sentence
Falken sind Greifvögel.
Falcons are birds of prey.
Word forms
singular
der Falke
plural
die Falken
The four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Falke
Accusativeden Falken
Dativedem Falken
Genitivedes Falken
Plural
Nominativedie Falken
Accusativedie Falken
Dativeden Falken
Genitiveder Falken
Falke is a weak masculine noun: every case except the nominative singular takes the same ending.
Usage
- einen Falken beobachten — watch a falcon; weak noun adds -n outside nominative singular
- der Falke / die Falken — falcon / falcons; also a political hard-liner in a separate figurative use
Der Falke kreiste hoch über dem Felsen.
The falcon circled high above the rock.