gejrfugl

Danish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from either Norwegian Nynorsk geirfugl or Faroese geirfuglur. From geirr (“spear”, referring to the beak) +‎ fugl (“bird”). If inherited, it would have been gerfugl. Cognate with Swedish garfågel and English garefowl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɑjˀʌˈfuˀl]

Noun

gejrfugl c (singular definite gejrfuglen, plural indefinite gejrfugle)

  1. great auk (Pinguinus impennis).

Inflection

Declension of gejrfugl
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gejrfugl gejrfuglen gejrfugle gejrfuglene
genitive gejrfugls gejrfuglens gejrfugles gejrfuglenes

References

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