Meerschweinchen

German

Etymology

From Meer (“sea”) +‎ Schwein (“pig, swine”) +‎ -chen (diminutive suffix), literally "little sea pig", or from Meerschwein, from Middle High German merswīn, from Old High German meriswīn, from Proto-Germanic *mariswīną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃvaɪ̯nçn̩/, /ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃvaɪ̯nçən/
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Noun

Meerschweinchen n (genitive Meerschweinchens, plural Meerschweinchen)

guinea pig, cavy

Declension

Declension of Meerschweinchen

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Meerschweinchen	die	Meerschweinchen
genitive	eines	des	Meerschweinchens	der	Meerschweinchen
dative	einem	dem	Meerschweinchen	den	Meerschweinchen
accusative	ein	das	Meerschweinchen	die	Meerschweinchen

Further reading

Meerschweinchen in Duden online

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