Heilbutt

German

Heilbutt

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Helbutt (with variants). By surface analysis, heil +‎ Butt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ̯lbʊt/

• Audio

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Noun

Heilbutt m (strong, genitive Heilbuttes or Heilbutts, plural Heilbutte)

1. halibut (fish of genus Hippoglossus)

Declension

Declension of Heilbutt [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Heilbutt	die	Heilbutte
genitive	eines	des	Heilbuttes, Heilbutts	der	Heilbutte
dative	einem	dem	Heilbutt, Heilbutte1	den	Heilbutten
accusative	einen	den	Heilbutt	die	Heilbutte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Heilbutt” in Duden online