groda
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔ.da/
- Rhymes: -ɔda
- Syllabification: gro‧da
Noun
groda
- inflection of grod:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative dual
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German krōde, krode, from Old Saxon *kroda, from Proto-West Germanic *krodu (“toad”) of origin unknown, related to German Kröte. Compare dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk gro (“toad”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ɡruːda/
Noun
groda c
- a frog
- Grodan satt på ett näckrosblad och kväkte
- The frog sat on a lily pad and croaked
- a howler; a blooper
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | groda | grodas |
definite | grodan | grodans | |
plural | indefinite | grodor | grodors |
definite | grodorna | grodornas |
Derived terms
See also
- nyhetsanka
- näckrosblad (“lily pad”)
- padda (“toad”)
References
- groda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- groda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- groda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)