das Pflaster
noun · /ˈpflastɐ/ ·Etymology
From Middle High German pflaster, from Old High German pflastar (“plaster, pavement”), from Proto-West Germanic *plastr.
Translation
- plaster, cement, mortar, a mixture of gypsum, sand and chalk applied to floors archaic, neuter, strong
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specifically the pavement of a street or a street (which is no difference in old towns preceding the automobile), as well as the material from which it is made, cobblestone (Pflasterstein, Kopfsteinpflaster)
neuter, strong
1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 34–35
Through the still empty dark streets echoed the hoofbeat of approaching horses on the wet pavement, long before something could be seen of them.
- clipping of Heftpflaster (“band-aid, sticking plaster”); in general a poultice, bandage or other dressing of a wound (but now typicized to the aforementioned commodity) abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, neuter, strong
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Pflaster | Pflaster |
| Accusative | Pflaster | Pflaster |
| Dative | Pflaster | Pflastern |
| Genitive | Pflasters | Pflaster |