þvottabjörn

Icelandic

A mother raccoon and her four kits eating cherries in a suburban backyard in Burnaby, BC.

Etymology

From þvottur (“washing”) +‎ björn (“bear”).

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål vaskebjørn, Danish vaskebjørn, Swedish tvättbjörn, and German Waschbär.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθvɔhtaˌpjœrtn/

Noun

þvottabjörn m (genitive singular þvottabjarnar, nominative plural þvottabirnir)

1. raccoon

Declension

declension of þvottabjörn

m-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þvottabjörn	þvottabjörninn	þvottabirnir	þvottabirnirnir
accusative	þvottabjörn	þvottabjörninn	þvottabirni	þvottabirnina
dative	þvottabirni	þvottabirninum	þvottabjörnum	þvottabjörnunum
genitive	þvottabjarnar	þvottabjarnarins	þvottabjarna	þvottabjarnanna

Further reading

• “þvottabjörn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)