edderkop
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish etærkop, ederkoppæ; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aitrą (“poison”) + *kuppaz (“something round”). Identical in formation to English attercop and Old Swedish eterkoppe (whence dialectal Swedish etterkoppa).
Pronunciation
Noun
edderkop c (singular definite edderkoppen, plural indefinite edderkopper)
Declension
Declension of edderkop
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | edderkop | edderkoppen | edderkopper | edderkopperne |
| genitive | edderkops | edderkoppens | edderkoppers | edderkoppernes |