Meerschwein
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German merswīn, from Old High German meriswīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mariswīn, from Proto-Germanic *mariswīną; equivalent to Meer + Schwein. Compare archaic English mereswine.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Meerschwein n (strong, genitive Meerschweines or Meerschweins, plural Meerschweine, diminutive Meerschweinchen n)
- (obsolete) porpoise; dolphin
- Synonym: Delphin
- 1844, Friedrich Höhne, Wahn und Überzeugung[1], Weimar: Wilhelm Hoffmann:
- Besonders aber bringen bei warmer Witterung und ruhiger See die Meerschweine (Delphine) eine Abwechselung in das alltägliche Leben, da solche oft in stundenlangen Linien, einer hinter dem andern, zwei bis drei Schuhe hohe Sprünge über die Wasserfläche machen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (usually diminutive) guinea pig
- Synonym: Meerschweinchen
Declension
[edit]Declension of Meerschwein [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Meerschwein | die | Meerschweine |
genitive | eines | des | Meerschweines, Meerschweins | der | Meerschweine |
dative | einem | dem | Meerschwein, Meerschweine1 | den | Meerschweinen |
accusative | ein | das | Meerschwein | die | Meerschweine |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading
[edit]- “Meerschwein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Meerschwein” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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