Jump to content

mariehøne

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Danish

[edit]
mariehøne

Etymology

[edit]

From Marie (Virgin Mary) +‎ høne (hen, chicken). Compare Icelandic maríuhæna and Norwegian marihøne.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /mariːəhœːnə/, [mɑˈʁiːˀəˌhœːnə], [maˈʁiːˀəˌhœːnə]

Noun

[edit]

mariehøne c (singular definite mariehønen, plural indefinite mariehøner or mariehøns)

  1. lady beetle, ladybug, ladybird

Inflection

[edit]
Declension of mariehøne
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mariehøne mariehønen mariehøner
mariehøns
mariehønerne
mariehønsene
genitive mariehønes mariehønens mariehøners
mariehøns'
mariehønernes
mariehønsenes

Further reading

[edit]