Dutch edit

 
Een zeehond op het strand. — A seal on the beach.

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch seehont. By surface analysis, zee (sea) +‎ hond (hound, dog).

Middle Dutch seehont, is possibly an alteration of seelhont (literally seal-hound, seal-dog), from seel (seal), from Proto-Germanic *selhaz. Compare Low German Saalhund (seal).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈzeːɦɔnt/
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  • Hyphenation: zee‧hond

Noun edit

zeehond m (plural zeehonden, diminutive zeehondje n)

  1. seal, any member of the family Phocidae
    Synonym: rob

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: seehond
  • Indonesian: anjing laut (calque)

Further reading edit