späckhuggare

Swedish

Etymology

From späck (“blubber”) +‎ hugga (“hew or chomp”) +‎ -are (“-er”), "blubber hewer/chomper." Compare Danish spækhugger, Norwegian Bokmål spekkhogger, spekkhugger, Norwegian Nynorsk spekkhoggar, German Speckhauer (dated).

Noun

späckhuggare c

  1. killer whale (Orcinus orca)

Declension
Declension of späckhuggare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative späckhuggare späckhuggaren späckhuggare späckhuggarna
Genitive späckhuggares späckhuggarens späckhuggares späckhuggarnas

References
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