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das Pflaster

noun · /ˈpflastɐ/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German pflaster, from Old High German pflastar (“plaster, pavement”), from Proto-West Germanic *plastr.

Translation

  1. plaster, cement, mortar, a mixture of gypsum, sand and chalk applied to floors archaic, neuter, strong
  2. 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.

  3. 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

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Pflaster Pflaster
Accusative Pflaster Pflaster
Dative Pflaster Pflastern
Genitive Pflasters Pflaster

Pflaster

noun ·

Translation

  1. adhesive plaster source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd

    Er sah ein kleines Pflaster auf ihrem linken Knie.

    He saw a small Band-Aid on her left knee.

    Sie wuchs auf dem rauen Pflaster von New York City auf.

    She grew up in the harsh environment of New York City.

    Mutter klebte ein Pflaster auf die Wunde.

    Mom applied the plaster to the cut.

  2. band-aid source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  3. drug patch; patch source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en