sköldpadda

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Swedish

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Etymology

sköld (“shield”) +‎ padda (“toad”), from Old Swedish skioldpadda, a calque of Low German schildepadde, schiltpadde; compare with Norwegian Nynorsk skjelpadde, Danish skildpadde, Norwegian Bokmål skilpadde and Dutch schildpad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɧœldˌpada/
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  • Hyphenation: sköld‧pad‧da

Noun

sköldpadda c

  1. turtle
    Synonyms: (sea turtle) havssköldpadda, (freshwater turtle) sötvattenssköldpadda
  2. tortoise
    Synonym: landsköldpadda
    Sköldpaddor har skal och är långsamma
    Tortoises have shells and are slow
    Sköldpaddan blev rädd och drog in huvudet i skalet
    The tortoise got scared and retracted its head into its shell

Declension

Declension of sköldpadda 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sköldpadda sköldpaddan sköldpaddor sköldpaddorna
Genitive sköldpaddas sköldpaddans sköldpaddors sköldpaddornas

References

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