egern

Danish

Red Squirrel

Etymology

From Old Norse íkorni, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːjərn/, [ˈeːˀjɐn]

Noun

egern n (singular definite egernet, plural indefinite egern)

1. squirrel

Inflection

Declension of egern

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	egern	egernet	egern	egernene egernerne
genitive	egerns	egernets	egerns	egernenes egernernes

Further reading

• egern on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• “egern” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “egern” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog