Lemming

See also: lemming and lèmming

German

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Lemming m (strong, genitive Lemmings, plural Lemminge)

1. lemming

Derived terms

• wie die Lemminge

Further reading

• “Lemming” in Duden online
• “lemming”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Lemming” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache