Meerschweinchen
German
Etymology
From Meer (“sea”) + Schwein (“pig, swine”) + -chen (diminutive suffix), literally "little sea pig", or from Meerschwein, from Middle High German merswīn, from Old High German meriswīn, from Proto-Germanic *mariswīną.
Pronunciation
Noun
Meerschweinchen n (genitive Meerschweinchens, plural Meerschweinchen)
Declension
Further reading
- “Meerschweinchen” in Duden online
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