spækhugger
Danish
Etymology
From spæk (“blubber”) + hugge (“to hew”) + -er (agent noun), calque of German Speckhauer (dated). Compare also Norwegian Nynorsk spekkhoggar, Swedish späckhuggare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spɛkhoɡər/, [ˈsb̥ɛɡ̊ˌhɔɡ̊ɐ]
Noun
spækhugger c (singular definite spækhuggeren, plural indefinite spækhuggere)
Declension
Declension of spækhugger
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | spækhugger | spækhuggeren | spækhuggere | spækhuggerne |
| genitive | spækhuggers | spækhuggerens | spækhuggeres | spækhuggernes |
References
- “spækhugger” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “Spækhugger” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
spækhugger on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
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