"Seehund" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: [ˈzeːˌhʊnt] Audio: De-Seehund.ogg
Etymology: 15th century, alteration of Seelhund, explanatory compound from now obsolete Seel (“seal”) + Hund (“dog”). The first component seems to have been inherited from Middle High German sele, seleh, from Old High German selah, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (“seal”). For natural reasons it was a rare word, however, and was later reinforced by cognate Middle Low German sēl, also sēlhunt. Cognate with English seal, North Frisian selich, seel, Danish sæl. Ultimately reinterpreted as See (“sea”) + Hund (“dog”); compare the same in Dutch zeehond. Etymology templates: {{m|de|Seelhund}} Seelhund, {{m|de|Seel|t=seal}} Seel (“seal”), {{m|de|Hund|t=dog}} Hund (“dog”), {{der|de|gmh|sele}} Middle High German sele, {{m|gmh|seleh}} seleh, {{der|de|goh|selah}} Old High German selah, {{der|de|gem-pro|*selhaz|t=seal}} Proto-Germanic *selhaz (“seal”), {{der|de|gml|sēl}} Middle Low German sēl, {{m|gml|sēlhunt}} sēlhunt, {{cog|en|seal}} English seal, {{cog|frr|selich}} North Frisian selich, {{m|dum|seel}} seel, {{cog|da|sæl}} Danish sæl, {{com|de|See|Hund|t1=sea|t2=dog}} See (“sea”) + Hund (“dog”), {{cog|nl|zeehond}} Dutch zeehond Head templates: {{de-noun|m,s:es|dim=^chen|f=^in}} Seehund m (strong, genitive Seehunds or Seehundes, plural Seehunde, diminutive Seehündchen n, feminine Seehündin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,s:es,^e}} Forms: Seehunds [genitive], Seehundes [genitive], Seehunde [plural], Seehündchen [diminutive, neuter], Seehündin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Seehund [nominative, singular], Seehünde [definite, nominative, plural], Seehunds [genitive, singular], Seehundes [genitive, singular], Seehünde [definite, genitive, plural], Seehund [dative, singular], Seehunde [dative, singular], Seehünden [dative, definite, plural], Seehund [accusative, singular], Seehünde [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. common seal, harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) Tags: masculine, strong Categories (lifeform): Phocid seals
    Sense id: en-Seehund-de-noun-EfYD-Bda Disambiguation of Phocid seals: 77 23 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 77 23
  2. (loosely) any seal Tags: broadly, masculine, strong Synonyms: Robbe
    Sense id: en-Seehund-de-noun-uHtiXQmb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Seelöwe [masculine], Walross [neuter]

Inflected forms

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