hermelin

See also: Hermelin and hermelín

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hermelin.

Noun

hermelin c (singular definite hermelinen, plural indefinite hermeliner)

1. ermine (Mustela erminea)

   Synonym: lækat

2. the fur of an ermine

Declension

Declension of hermelin

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hermelin	hermelinen	hermeliner	hermelinerne
genitive	hermelins	hermelinens	hermeliners	hermelinernes

References

• “hermelin” in Den Danske Ordbog

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hermelin (“ermine”). First attested in 1757.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛrmɛlin]
• Hyphenation: her‧me‧lin
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

hermelin (plural hermelinek)

1. ermine (Mustela erminea)
2. ermine (the white fur of this animal)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	hermelin	hermelinek
accusative	hermelint	hermelineket
dative	hermelinnek	hermelineknek
instrumental	hermelinnel	hermelinekkel
causal-final	hermelinért	hermelinekért
translative	hermelinné	hermelinekké
terminative	hermelinig	hermelinekig
essive-formal	hermelinként	hermelinekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hermelinben	hermelinekben
superessive	hermelinen	hermelineken
adessive	hermelinnél	hermelineknél
illative	hermelinbe	hermelinekbe
sublative	hermelinre	hermelinekre
allative	hermelinhez	hermelinekhez
elative	hermelinből	hermelinekből
delative	hermelinről	hermelinekről
ablative	hermelintől	hermelinektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	hermeliné	hermelineké
non-attributive possessive – plural	hermelinéi	hermelinekéi

Possessive forms of hermelin

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	hermelinem	hermelinjeim
2nd person sing.	hermelined	hermelinjeid
3rd person sing.	hermelinje	hermelinjei
1st person plural	hermelinünk	hermelinjeink
2nd person plural	hermelinetek	hermelinjeitek
3rd person plural	hermelinjük	hermelinjeik

Further reading

• hermelin in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Hermelin.

Noun

hermelin m (definite singular hermelinen, indefinite plural hermeliner, definite plural hermelinene)

1. ermine (white winter fur of the stoat (ermine))

Related terms

• røyskatt

References

• “hermelin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Hermelin.

Noun

hermelin m (definite singular hermelinen, indefinite plural hermelinar, definite plural hermelinane)

1. ermine (white winter fur of the stoat (ermine))

Related terms

• røyskatt

References

• “hermelin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛrmɛlíːn/

Noun

hermelȋn m anim

1. ermine (Mustela erminea)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	hermelín
gen. sing.	hermelína
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	hermelín	hermelína	hermelíni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	hermelína	hermelínov	hermelínov
dative (dajȃlnik)	hermelínu	hermelínoma	hermelínom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	hermelína	hermelína	hermelíne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	hermelínu	hermelínih	hermelínih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	hermelínom	hermelínoma	hermelíni

Further reading

• “hermelin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Swedish

hermelin i sommarpäls [ermine in summer coat]

hermelin i vinterpäls [ermine in winter coat]

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hermelin.

Noun

hermelin c

1. ermine, Mustela erminea

Declension

Declension of hermelin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hermelin	hermelins
	definite	hermelinen	hermelinens
plural	indefinite	hermeliner	hermeliners
	definite	hermelinerna	hermelinernas

Synonyms

• lekatt (dated)

Derived terms

• en katt bland hermelinerna
• heremlinsbräm

References

• “hermelin”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “hermelin”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “hermelin”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)