Frosch

Concepts

frog

🐸

clip

squib

toad

frogs

anuran

Rana

kajika frog

buckle

bullfrog

collar

lobster

🦞

Synonyms

Kröte

Unke

Schwuler

Froschlurch

Rana

Eisenauflage

Gecke

Strahl des Pferdes

Fretsche

Bügel

Froſch

Lappen

Translations

rana

🐸

grenouille

🐸

rana

🐸

kikker

🐸

rã

kikvors

🐸

kurbağa

🐸

granota

🐸

βάτραχος

ضفدع

🐸

rana

🐸

ranocchio

rane

granhòta

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

fresch

Basel-Landschaft

frosch

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fʁɔʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: vrosch

Inherited from Old High German: frosk

Cognate with Middle Low German: vorsch

Cognate with Dutch: vors

Cognate with Western Frisian: froask

Cognate with Icelandic: froskur

Cognate with English: frosh

In summary

From Middle High German vrosch, from Old High German frosk (“frog”), from Proto-West Germanic *frosk (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).
Cognate with Middle Low German vorsch (“frog”), Dutch vors, West Frisian froask, Icelandic froskur, dialectal English frosh (“frog”).