Spanferkel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German spenvarch, from Old High German spunnifarah, from spunna (“teat”) +‎ farah (“pig”). See spean and farrow for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpaːnfɛʁkəl/
• Hyphenation: Span‧fer‧kel

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Noun

Spanferkel n (strong, genitive Spanferkels, plural Spanferkel)

1. suckling pig

Declension

Declension of Spanferkel [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Spanferkel	die	Spanferkel
genitive	eines	des	Spanferkels	der	Spanferkel
dative	einem	dem	Spanferkel	den	Spanferkeln
accusative	ein	das	Spanferkel	die	Spanferkel

Further reading

• “Spanferkel” in Duden online
• “Spanferkel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (2002) “Spanferkel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN