sköldpadda

Swedish

Etymology

sköld (“shield”) +‎ padda (“toad”), from Old Swedish skioldpadda, a calque of Low German schildepadde, schiltpadde; compare with Norwegian Nynorsk skjelpadde, Danish skildpadde, Norwegian Bokmål skilpadde and Dutch schildpad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɧœldˌpada/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: sköld‧pad‧da

Noun

sköldpadda c

1. turtle
2. tortoise

Declension

Declension of sköldpadda
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sköldpadda	sköldpaddan	sköldpaddor	sköldpaddorna
Genitive	sköldpaddas	sköldpaddans	sköldpaddors	sköldpaddornas

References

• sköldpadda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)