gærdesmutte

Danish

Etymology

From gærde (“fence”) +‎ smutte (“to nip, pop”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛːərsmutə/, [ˈɡ̊ɛːɐˌsmud̥ə]

Noun

gærdesmutte c (singular definite gærdesmutten, plural indefinite gærdesmutter)

  1. wren (members of the bird family Troglodytidae), especially the Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Inflection

Declension of gærdesmutte
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gærdesmutte gærdesmutten gærdesmutter gærdesmutterne
genitive gærdesmuttes gærdesmuttens gærdesmutters gærdesmutternes

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