pingvin
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Danish
Etymology
Noun
pingvin c (singular definite pingvinen, plural indefinite pingviner)
Declension
Declension of pingvin
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pingvin | pingvinen | pingviner | pingvinerne |
| genitive | pingvins | pingvinens | pingviners | pingvinernes |
References
- “pingvin” in Den Danske Ordbog
Hungarian
Etymology
From German Pinguin, from Dutch pinguïn, from English penguin, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
pingvin (plural pingvinek)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pingvin | pingvinek |
| accusative | pingvint | pingvineket |
| dative | pingvinnek | pingvineknek |
| instrumental | pingvinnel | pingvinekkel |
| causal-final | pingvinért | pingvinekért |
| translative | pingvinné | pingvinekké |
| terminative | pingvinig | pingvinekig |
| essive-formal | pingvinként | pingvinekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pingvinben | pingvinekben |
| superessive | pingvinen | pingvineken |
| adessive | pingvinnél | pingvineknél |
| illative | pingvinbe | pingvinekbe |
| sublative | pingvinre | pingvinekre |
| allative | pingvinhez | pingvinekhez |
| elative | pingvinből | pingvinekből |
| delative | pingvinről | pingvinekről |
| ablative | pingvintől | pingvinektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
pingviné | pingvineké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
pingvinéi | pingvinekéi |
| Possessive forms of pingvin | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pingvinem | pingvinjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | pingvined | pingvinjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | pingvinje | pingvinjei |
| 1st person plural | pingvinünk | pingvinjeink |
| 2nd person plural | pingvinetek | pingvinjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | pingvinjük | pingvinjeik |
Derived terms
Compound words
Further reading
- pingvin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English penguin and French pingouin.
Pronunciation
Noun
pingvin m (definite singular pingvinen, indefinite plural pingviner, definite plural pingvinene)
- a penguin
References
- “pingvin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English penguin and French pingouin.
Noun
pingvin m (definite singular pingvinen, indefinite plural pingvinar, definite plural pingvinane)
- a penguin
References
- “pingvin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
pìngvīn m (Cyrillic spelling пѝнгвӣн)
Declension
Declension of pingvin
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pìngvīn | pingvini |
| genitive | pingvína | pingvina |
| dative | pingvinu | pingvinima |
| accusative | pingvina | pingvine |
| vocative | pingvine | pingvini |
| locative | pingvinu | pingvinima |
| instrumental | pingvinom | pingvinima |
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
pingvȋn m anim
Inflection
 |
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | pingvín | ||
| gen. sing. | pingvína | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
pingvín | pingvína | pingvíni |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
pingvína | pingvínov | pingvínov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
pingvínu | pingvínoma | pingvínom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
pingvína | pingvína | pingvíne |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
pingvínu | pingvínih | pingvínih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
pingvínom | pingvínoma | pingvíni |
Further reading
- “pingvin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Etymology
From French pingouin, attested from 1685.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
pingvin c
Declension
| Declension of pingvin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | pingvin | pingvinen | pingviner | pingvinerna |
| Genitive | pingvins | pingvinens | pingviners | pingvinernas |
Derived terms
References
- ^ pingvin in Svensk ordbok.