däggdjur

Swedish

Etymology

From dägga (“to suckle”) +‎ djur (“animal”), with the first element inherited from Old Swedish dæggia, Proto-Germanic *dajjaną, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”).

Noun

däggdjur n

  1. mammal; animal of the class Mammalia

Declension
Declension of däggdjur 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative däggdjur däggdjuret däggdjur däggdjuren
Genitive däggdjurs däggdjurets däggdjurs däggdjurens

Further reading
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