Lemming
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German
Etymology
From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Lemming m (strong, genitive Lemmings, plural Lemminge)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Lemming” in Duden online
- “lemming”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Lemming” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache