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

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

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

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