murmeldyr

Danish

Etymology

From German Murmeltier, Derived from Latin murem montis (“mountain mouse”).

Noun

murmeldyr n (singular definite murmeldyret, plural indefinite murmeldyr)

  1. marmot (Marmota)
    1. (figurative) a lazy and inactive person
      Synonyms: dovendyr, sovetryne

Declension

Declension of murmeldyr
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative murmeldyr murmeldyret murmeldyr murmeldyrene
genitive murmeldyrs murmeldyrets murmeldyrs murmeldyrenes

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

The last part is dyr. Ultimately from Middle High German murmeltier, like Icelandic múrmeldýr, Swedish murmeldjur and Danish murmeldyr (Bokmål also).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʉrmeldyr/

Noun

murmeldyr n (definite singular murmeldyret, indefinite plural murmeldyr, definite plural murmeldyra)

  1. a marmot

References

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