"Lemming" meaning in All languages combined

See Lemming on Wiktionary

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈlɛmɪŋ/ Audio: De-Lemming.ogg
Etymology: Ca. 1800, from Dano-Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse læmingi, læmingr, lómundr (“lemming”). Further origin unknown, perhaps from Sami luomek. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|da|no}}, {{der|de|non|læmingi}} Old Norse læmingi, {{der|de|smi|-}} Sami Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Lemming m (strong, genitive Lemmings, plural Lemminge) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Lemmings [genitive], Lemminge [plural], strong [table-tags], Lemming [nominative, singular], Lemminge [definite, nominative, plural], Lemmings [genitive, singular], Lemminge [definite, genitive, plural], Lemming [dative, singular], Lemmingen [dative, definite, plural], Lemming [accusative, singular], Lemminge [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. lemming Wikipedia link: de:Lemminge Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: wie die Lemminge

Inflected forms

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