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

(1): två vuxna marsvin [two adult guinea pigs]

(2): ett marsvin

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish marsvin (“porpoise”), from Middle Low German mersvīn and German Meerschwein, from Old High German meriswīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mariswīn, from Proto-Germanic *mariswīną; equivalent too Meer (“sea”) +‎ Schwein (“pig”). First attested in 1538.

Guinea pig sense borrowed from German Meerschweinchen, compound of Meer (“[over]sea”) +‎ Schwein (“pig”) +‎ -chen (diminutive suffix).

Noun

marsvin n

1. guinea pig (rodent) [since 1638]
2. (archaic) a porpoise, a mereswine (small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae) [since 1538]

   Synonym: tumlare

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)