edderkop

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish etærkop, ederkoppæ; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aitrą (“poison”) + *kuppaz (“something round”). Identical in formation to English attercop and Old Swedish eterkoppe (whence dialectal Swedish etterkoppa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛðˀərˌkɔp/, /ˈeðˀɐˌkɔb̥/, [ˈeð̠˕ˠˀɒ̽ˌkʰɒ̽p]

Noun

edderkop c (singular definite edderkoppen, plural indefinite edderkopper)

1. spider

Declension

Declension of edderkop

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	edderkop	edderkoppen	edderkopper	edderkopperne
genitive	edderkops	edderkoppens	edderkoppers	edderkoppernes

Derived terms

• edderkoppeben
• edderkoppespind
• fugleedderkop
• korsedderkop

 

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: edderkopp
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: edderkopp

References

• “edderkop” in Den Danske Ordbog