sköldpadda
Swedish
editEtymology
editsköld (“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
editNoun
editsköldpadda c
- turtle
- Synonyms: (sea turtle) havssköldpadda, (freshwater turtle) sötvattenssköldpadda
- tortoise
- Synonym: landsköldpadda
- Sköldpaddor har skal och är långsamma
- Tortoises have shells and are slow
- Sköldpaddan blev rädd och drog in huvudet i skalet
- The tortoise got scared and retracted [pulled in] its head into its shell
Declension
editDeclension of sköldpadda | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sköldpadda | sköldpaddan | sköldpaddor | sköldpaddorna |
Genitive | sköldpaddas | sköldpaddans | sköldpaddors | sköldpaddornas |
References
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