muldvarp

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish muldwarp, from Proto-Germanic *muldawurpiz, a compound of *muldō (“dirt, soil”) + *werpaną (“to throw”). Cognate with Swedish mullvad, English mouldwarp, and German Maulwurf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmulˌʋɑːb̥]

Noun

muldvarp c (singular definite muldvarpen, plural indefinite muldvarpe or muldvarper)

  1. mole, mouldwarp

Inflection

Declension of muldvarp
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative muldvarp muldvarpen muldvarpe
muldvarper 		muldvarpene
muldvarperne
genitive muldvarps muldvarpens muldvarpes
muldvarpers 		muldvarpenes
muldvarpernes

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

muldvarp m (definite singular muldvarpen, indefinite plural muldvarper, definite plural muldvarpene)

  1. mole (burrowing insectivore)
  2. mole (internal spy)
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