späckhuggare

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From späck (blubber) +‎ hugga (hew or chomp) +‎ -are (-er), "blubber hewer/chomper." Compare Danish spækhugger, Norwegian Bokmål spekkhogger, spekkhugger, Norwegian Nynorsk spekkhoggar, German Speckhauer (dated).

Noun

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späckhuggare c

  1. killer whale (Orcinus orca)

Declension

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Declension of späckhuggare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative späckhuggare späckhuggaren späckhuggare späckhuggarna
Genitive späckhuggares späckhuggarens späckhuggares späckhuggarnas

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