Kabeljau

German

Kabeljau

Etymology

Circa 1600, from Middle Low German kabbelouw (14th c.), from Middle Dutch cabbeliau, cabelliau (12th c.), from Old Dutch cabillau, possibly from Latin baculum (“stick, staff”), referring to the way cod were split and dried on wooden sticks. Or, with metathesis from/influenced by Basque bakailao (“cod”), Portuguese bacalhau (“cod”). The contemporary form was probably reinforced by modern Dutch kabeljauw against variants like Kabbelau, Kabliau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːbəlˌjaʊ̯/

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Noun

Kabeljau m (strong, genitive Kabeljaus, plural Kabeljaue)

1. Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua

Declension

Declension of Kabeljau [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kabeljau	die	Kabeljaue
genitive	eines	des	Kabeljaus	der	Kabeljaue
dative	einem	dem	Kabeljau	den	Kabeljauen
accusative	einen	den	Kabeljau	die	Kabeljaue

Hypernyms

• Dorsch m (“any fish in the family Gadidae”)

Further reading

• “Kabeljau” in Duden online
• “Kabeljau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache