# das Eselsohr

das Eselsohr is a German noun meaning “ear of a donkey”. Forms: des Eselsohres, die Eselsohren.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Eselsohres
- Plural: die Eselsohren

## In other languages

- Русский: ухо осла

## Meanings

1. ear of a donkey
2. dog-ear (folded page corner)
3. hare's ear (Otidea onotica)
4. _colloquial_ dogear; dog-ear; dog ear
   - Immer dann, wenn [der italienische Filmemacher Pier Paolo] Pasolini keinen Stift zur Hand hatte, machte er Eselsohren in seine Bücher.

## Examples

- Viele der Seiten in dem Buch, das Tom mir lieh, hatten ein Eselsohr. — Many of the pages in the book that Tom lent me were dog-eared.
- Nie wieder leihe ich ihm ein Buch. Mein Lieblingsbuch hat jetzt Fettflecken und Eselsohren. — Never again will I lend him a book. My favourite book is now grease-stained and dog-eared.

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