marsvin

Danish

Etymology

From German Meerschwein (“porpoise, guinea pig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marsviːn/, [ˈmɑːˌsviːˀn]

Noun

marsvin n (singular definite marsvinet, plural indefinite marsvin)

1. guinea pig
2. porpoise

Inflection

Declension of marsvin

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	marsvin	marsvinet	marsvin	marsvinene
genitive	marsvins	marsvinets	marsvins	marsvinenes

Synonyms

• (porpoise): tumler

Further reading

• marsvin on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Marsvin (gnaver) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Marsvin (hval) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

marsvin

Etymology

From German Meerschwein (“porpoise, guinea pig”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maːr.sviːn/, [ˈmaːʂ.ˌʂviːn]

Noun

marsvin n (definite singular marsvinet, indefinite plural marsvin, definite plural marsvina or marsvinene)

1. a guinea pig (rodent)

References

“marsvin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Meerschwein (“porpoise, guinea pig”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːrsʋɪn/

Noun

marsvin n (definite singular marsvinet, indefinite plural marsvin, definite plural marsvina)

1. a guinea pig (rodent)

References

“marsvin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse marsvín.

Noun

marsvin n

1. a guinea pig (rodent)

Declension

Declension of marsvin
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	marsvin	marsvinet	marsvin	marsvinen
Genitive	marsvins	marsvinets	marsvins	marsvinens