Perle

See also: perle and perlé

German

Etymology

From Middle High German perle, from Old High German perala, perula, from Vulgar Latin *perla (compare Old French perle). Further origin uncertain; perhaps from perna (“leg”), referring to the shape of the bivalve. See pearl for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛʁlə/, [ˈpʰɛɐ̯.lə]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Per‧le

Noun

Perle f (genitive Perle, plural Perlen)

1. pearl (concretion from oysters or imitation thereof)
2. bead (any roundish object that is put on a string)

Declension

Declension of Perle [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Perle	die	Perlen
genitive	einer	der	Perle	der	Perlen
dative	einer	der	Perle	den	Perlen
accusative	eine	die	Perle	die	Perlen

Hyponyms

• Flussperle
• Glasperle (“glass bead”)
• Liebesperle (“nonpareil”)
• Naturperle (“natural pearl”)
• Zuchtperle (“cultured pearl”)

Derived terms

• geperlt
• perlen
• perlenförmig
• perlig
• Perlit

Related terms

• Perlen vor die Säue werfen
• Perlenfischerei (“pearl hunting”)
• Perleninseln (“Pearl Islands”)
• Perlenkette
• Perlentaucher (“pearl diver”)
• Perlhuhn
• Perlmuschel (“pearl oyster”)
• Perlmutt (“mother of pearl”)

Descendants

• → Czech: perla
• → Estonian: pärl
• → Polish: perła
• → Serbo-Croatian: pȇrla, пе̑рла

Further reading

• “Perle” in Duden online
• “Perle”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• Perle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɛlə/

Noun

Perle f

1. plural of Perl