Schmetterling

Etymology
Attested ca. 1500, standard since the 18th century. From an dialect word, equivalent to, due to an old belief that butterflies eat milk products or, in a more ornamented form, that witches transform themselves into butterflies in order to steal such products. Compare.

Noun

 * 1)  butterfly
 * 2)  any insect of the order, i.e. a butterfly or moth
 * 3)  butterfly (kind of stroke)
 * 1)  butterfly (kind of stroke)
 * 1)  butterfly (kind of stroke)

Noun

 * 1) butterfly