späckhuggare

Swedish

Etymology

From späck (“blubber”) +‎ hugga (“hew → chomp”) +‎ -are (“-er”), "blubber hewer" → "blubber chomper".

Cognate to Danish spækhugger, Norwegian Bokmål spekkhogger, spekkhugger, Norwegian Nynorsk spekkhoggar, German Speckhauer (dated).

Noun

späckhuggare c

  1. killer whale, Orcinus orca

Declension

Declension of späckhuggare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite späckhuggare späckhuggares
definite späckhuggaren späckhuggarens
plural indefinite späckhuggare späckhuggares
definite späckhuggarna späckhuggarnas

References

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