marsvin

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Danish

Etymology

From German Meerschwein (“porpoise, guinea pig”).

Pronunciation

Noun

marsvin n (singular definite marsvinet, plural indefinite marsvin)

  1. guinea pig
  2. porpoise

Inflection

Declension of marsvin
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative marsvin marsvinet marsvin marsvinene
genitive marsvins marsvinets marsvins marsvinenes

Synonyms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

marsvin
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Etymology

From German Meerschwein (“porpoise, guinea pig”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /maːr.sviːn/,

Noun

marsvin n (definite singular marsvinet, indefinite plural marsvin, definite plural marsvina or marsvinene)

  1. a guinea pig (rodent)

References

“marsvin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From German Meerschwein (“porpoise, guinea pig”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmɑːrsʋɪn/

Noun

marsvin n (definite singular marsvinet, indefinite plural marsvin, definite plural marsvina)

  1. a guinea pig (rodent)

References

“marsvin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

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två vuxna marsvin

Etymology

From Old Norse marsvín.

Noun

marsvin n

  1. guinea pig (rodent)

Declension

Declension of marsvin
nominative genitive
singular indefinite marsvin marsvins
definite marsvinet marsvinets
plural indefinite marsvin marsvins
definite marsvinen marsvinens

See also

References

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