marsvin

See also: marsvín

Danish

Etymology

From German Meerschwein (“porpoise, guinea pig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marsviːn/, [ˈmɑːˌsviːˀn]

Noun

marsvin n (singular definite marsvinet, plural indefinite marsvin)

1. guinea pig
2. porpoise

Inflection

Declension of marsvin

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	marsvin	marsvinet	marsvin	marsvinene
genitive	marsvins	marsvinets	marsvins	marsvinenes

Synonyms

• (porpoise): tumler

Further reading

• marsvin on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Marsvin (gnaver) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Marsvin (hval) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

marsvin

Etymology

From German Meerschwein (“porpoise, guinea pig”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maːr.sviːn/, [ˈmaːʂ.ˌʂviːn]

Noun

marsvin n (definite singular marsvinet, indefinite plural marsvin, definite plural marsvina or marsvinene)

1. a guinea pig (rodent)

References

“marsvin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Meerschwein (“porpoise, guinea pig”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːrsʋɪn/

Noun

marsvin n (definite singular marsvinet, indefinite plural marsvin, definite plural marsvina)

1. a guinea pig (rodent)

References

“marsvin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

två vuxna marsvin [two adult guinea pigs]

Etymology

From Old Norse marsvín.

Noun

marsvin n

1. guinea pig (rodent)

Declension

Declension of marsvin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	marsvin	marsvins
	definite	marsvinet	marsvinets
plural	indefinite	marsvin	marsvins
	definite	marsvinen	marsvinens

See also

• försökskanin (“guinea pig (test subject)”)

References

• marsvin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• marsvin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• marsvin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)