Papagei

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from. Further origin unknown, perhaps from an African language or. The Middle High German variant may have been borrowed directly from Byzantine Greek during the Crusades; compare modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) parrot

Usage notes

 * The word may be declined according to the strong or the weak pattern. Strong declension prevails considerably in both spoken and written German. The genitive  is somewhat more competitive than the other weak forms, but is still fairly rare.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) parrot