Eintagsfliege

Meaning

1. (feminine) mayfly
2. (colloquial, feminine, figuratively) nine day wonder, flash in the pan (something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned)

Concepts

mayfly

day fly

dragonfly

fly-by-night

fishfly

pale watery

small spurwing

damselfly

nine-days wonder

Synonyms

Strohfeuer

kurzlebig

gelber Glashaft

schnell vorbei

Translations

éphémère

efímera

eendagsvlieg

cachipolla

birgün sineği

Ephemera

Centroptilum luteolum

oesteraas

haft

efemérida

efêmera

mayıs sineği

efèmera

Etymology

ein (“one”) + Tag (“day”) + -s- + Fliege (“fly”)