spækhugger

Danish

Etymology

From spæk (“blubber”) +‎ hugge (“to hew”) +‎ -er (agent noun). Compare Swedish späckhuggare, Norwegian spekkhogger, spekkhugger, Norwegian Nynorsk spekkhoggar, German Speckhauer (dated).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɛkhoɡər/, [ˈsb̥ɛɡ̊ˌhɔɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

spækhugger c (singular definite spækhuggeren, plural indefinite spækhuggere)

  1. orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca

Declension

Declension of spækhugger
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spækhugger spækhuggeren spækhuggere spækhuggerne
genitive spækhuggers spækhuggerens spækhuggeres spækhuggernes

References

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