# der Auerstrumpf

der Auerstrumpf is a German noun meaning “gas mantle”. Forms: des Auerstrumpfs, die Auerstrümpfe.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Auerstrumpfs
- Plural: die Auerstrümpfe

## Meanings

1. _archaic · historical_ gas mantle
   - Dort glühten schon die Auerstrümpfe in den gläsernen Lüstern, obgleich es unter den Linden der Bahnhofstraße kaum zu blauen begann. — There, the gas mantles were already glowing in their glass chandeliers, although it was barely beginning to get dark under the linden trees of Bahnhofstrasse.

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