aardvarken

Dutch

Orycteropus afer

Etymology

From aarde +‎ varken. Originally South African Dutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːrtˌfɑr.kə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aard‧var‧ken

Noun

aardvarken n (plural aardvarkens, diminutive aardvarkentje n)

1. The aardvark, Orycteropus afer [from 1779]

Descendants

• Afrikaans: aardvark
  • → English: aardvark

Further reading

• aardvarken on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl