þvottabjörn

Icelandic

A mother raccoon and her four kits eating cherries in a suburban backyard in Burnaby, BC.

Etymology

From þvottur (“laundry”) and björn (“a bear”), confer the Danish vaskebjørn and Swedish tvättbjörn.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈθvɔhtaˌpjœrtn/

Noun

þvottabjörn m (genitive singular þvottabjarnar, plural þvottabirnir)

1. a raccoon

Declension

declension of þvottabjörn

m-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þvottabjörn	þvottabjörninn	þvottabirnir	þvottabirnirnir
accusative	þvottabjörn	þvottabjörninn	þvottabirni	þvottabirnina
dative	þvottabirni	þvottabirninum	þvottabjörnum	þvottabjörnunum
genitive	þvottabjarnar	þvottabjarnarins	þvottabjarna	þvottabjarnanna