flagermus

See also: flagermus'

Danish

Etymology

After or from Middle Low German vledermus, a combination of flager (“flit, flap, flutter”) and mus (“mouse”). For the first element compare English flounder and Swedish fladdra. Cognate with Swedish fladdermus and Norwegian Bokmål flaggermus, and German Fledermaus, whose first word derives from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flavərmuːs/, [ˈflɑwɐˌmuːˀs]

Noun

flagermus c (singular definite flagermusen, plural indefinite flagermus)

  1. bat (small flying mammal)

Inflection

Declension of flagermus
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flagermus flagermusen flagermus flagermusene
genitive flagermus' flagermusens flagermus' flagermusenes
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