spækhugger

Danish

Etymology

From spæk (“blubber”) +‎ hugge (“to hew”) +‎ -er (agent noun), calque of German Speckhauer (dated). Compare also Norwegian Nynorsk spekkhoggar, Swedish späckhuggare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛkhoɡər/, [ˈsb̥ɛɡ̊ˌhɔɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

spækhugger c (singular definite spækhuggeren, plural indefinite spækhuggere)

1. orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca

Inflection

Declension of spækhugger

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spækhugger	spækhuggeren	spækhuggere	spækhuggerne
genitive	spækhuggers	spækhuggerens	spækhuggeres	spækhuggernes

References

• “spækhugger” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Spækhugger” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
• spækhugger on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da