däggdjur

Swedish

Etymology

dägga (“to suckle”) +‎ djur (“animal”), with the first element inherited from Old Swedish dæggia, Proto-Germanic *dajjaną, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”).

Noun

däggdjur n

1. mammal; animal of the class Mammalia

Declension

Declension of däggdjur
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	däggdjur	däggdjuret	däggdjur	däggdjuren
Genitive	däggdjurs	däggdjurets	däggdjurs	däggdjurens

Further reading

• däggdjur in Svensk ordbok.