edderkop

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish etærkop, ederkoppæ; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aitrą (“poison”) + *kuppaz (“something round”). Identical in formation to English attercop and Old Swedish eterkoppe (whence dialectal Swedish etterkoppa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛðˀərˌkɔp/, /ˈeðˀɐˌkɔb̥/, [ˈeð̠˕ˠˀɒ̽ˌkʰɒ̽p]

Noun

edderkop c (singular definite edderkoppen, plural indefinite edderkopper)

  1. spider

Declension

Declension of edderkop
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative edderkop edderkoppen edderkopper edderkopperne
genitive edderkops edderkoppens edderkoppers edderkoppernes

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: edderkopp

References

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