dampskib

Danish

Etymology

From damp (“steam”) +‎ skib (“ship”), from Middle Low German damp (“steam”) and Old Norse skip (“ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dampskiːb/, [ˈd̥ɑmb̥ˌsɡ̊iːˀb̥]

Noun

dampskib n (singular definite dampskibet, plural indefinite dampskibe)

1. steamboat, steamship, steamer

Inflection

Declension of dampskib

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dampskib	dampskibet	dampskibe	dampskibene
genitive	dampskibs	dampskibets	dampskibes	dampskibenes

Synonyms

• damper

Further reading

• dampskib on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da