muldvarp

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish muldwarp, from Proto-Germanic *muldawurpiz, a compound of *muldō (“dirt, soil”) + *werpaną (“to throw”). Cognate with Swedish mullvad, English mouldwarp, and German Maulwurf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmulˌʋɑːb̥]

Noun

muldvarp c (singular definite muldvarpen, plural indefinite muldvarpe or muldvarper)

1. mole, mouldwarp

Inflection

Declension of muldvarp

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	muldvarp	muldvarpen	muldvarpe muldvarper	muldvarpene muldvarperne
genitive	muldvarps	muldvarpens	muldvarpes muldvarpers	muldvarpenes muldvarpernes

References

• “muldvarp” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• moldvarp

Noun

muldvarp m (definite singular muldvarpen, indefinite plural muldvarper, definite plural muldvarpene)

1. mole (burrowing insectivore)
2. mole (internal spy)