tvättbjörn

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FWOTD – 6 November 2020
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tvättbjörn

Etymology

From tvätta (“wash”) +‎ björn (“bear”). Compare Icelandic þvottabjörn, Danish vaskebjørn, Norwegian Bokmål vaskebjørn, German Waschbär.

Pronunciation

Noun

tvättbjörn c

  1. raccoon
    • 2012, Thomas Engström, Mörker som gör gott, Albert Bonniers Förlag:
      Vi är små tvättbjörnar, vi gullar runt och skvätter lite men det är inte vi som sätter dagordningen.
      We are small raccoons, we cute around and splash a bit, but it isn't us who make the agenda.

Declension

Declension of tvättbjörn
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tvättbjörn tvättbjörns
definite tvättbjörnen tvättbjörnens
plural indefinite tvättbjörnar tvättbjörnars
definite tvättbjörnarna tvättbjörnarnas

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