sköldpadda

Swedish

Etymology

sköld (“shield”) +‎ padda (“toad”), from Old Swedish skioldpadda, a calque of Low German schildepadde, schiltpadde; compare with Norwegian Nynorsk skjelpadde, Danish skildpadde, Norwegian Bokmål skilpadde and Dutch schildpad.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɧœldˌpada/
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  • Hyphenation: sköld‧pad‧da

Noun

sköldpadda c

  1. turtle
  2. tortoise

Declension
Declension of sköldpadda 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sköldpadda sköldpaddan sköldpaddor sköldpaddorna
Genitive sköldpaddas sköldpaddans sköldpaddors sköldpaddornas

References
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