Pflaster

See also: 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)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Pflaster n (strong, genitive Pflasters, plural Pflaster)

  1. (archaic) plaster, cement, mortar, a mixture of gypsum, sand and chalk applied to floors
  2. pavement, cobbles (covering of paths or roadways made of blocks of stone or similar material)
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Die Orgelpfeifen”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Leipzig: Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, pages 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.
  3. clipping of Heftpflaster (“band-aid, sticking plaster”)

Declension

Declension of Pflaster [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Pflaster die Pflaster
genitive eines des Pflasters der Pflaster
dative einem dem Pflaster den Pflastern
accusative ein das Pflaster die Pflaster

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kashubian: flaster
  • → Polish: plaster
  • → Silesian: flŏster

Further reading

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