Meanings
plural wolpertingers
- A fictional creature said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria, having various incongruous features such as wings, antlers, and fangs.
The wolpertinger roams the mountains and forests of the Bavarian Alps.
1995, Greg N Carlson, Francis Jeffry Pelletier, The generic book2 more examples
...fall into the same category as Germany's wolpertingers, which we have seen on our visits to that country.
2004, Bill Cannon, Texas: Land of Legend and LoreWe can however think of hypothetical worlds w' that contain wolpertingers and/or unicorns […]
2006, Regine Eckardt, Meaning change in grammaticalization
Origin
- GermanWolpertinger
- Englishwolpertinger
Borrowed from German Wolpertinger.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Wolpertinger, Wolperdinger
- Wolpertingerfictional creature
- Wolperdingerfictional creature
Swedish wolpertinger
- wolpertingerfictional creature
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wolpertinger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wolpertinger
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