toffeldjur

Swedish

Etymology

From toffel (“slipper”) +‎ djur (“animal”), from shape resemblance. Compare German Pantoffeltierchen, English slipper animalcule.

Noun

toffeldjur n

1. a paramecium
2. (in the (identical) plural) Paramecium

Declension

Declension of toffeldjur

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	toffeldjur	toffeldjurs
	definite	toffeldjuret	toffeldjurets
plural	indefinite	toffeldjur	toffeldjurs
	definite	toffeldjuren	toffeldjurens

References

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