Anchovis

German

Alternative forms

• Anschovis (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed via Dutch ansjovis from Spanish anchovas, anchoas, plural of anchova, anchoa (“anchovy”), which is from Ligurian anciôa, through Vulgar Latin *apiuva from Latin aphyē, Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē, “small fry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈʃoːvɪs/

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• Hyphenation: An‧cho‧vis

Noun

Anchovis f (genitive Anchovis, plural Anchovis)

1. European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)
2. anchovy in oil

Usage notes

• In colloquial German a new singular die Anchovi may be backformed from the plural.

Declension

Declension of Anchovis [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Anchovis	die	Anchovis
genitive	einer	der	Anchovis	der	Anchovis
dative	einer	der	Anchovis	den	Anchovis
accusative	eine	die	Anchovis	die	Anchovis

See also

• Sardelle (“anchovy (in general)”)

Further reading

• “Anchovis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Anchovis” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon