Stachelschwein in German

IPA: /ˈʃtaxəlˌʃvaɪ̯n/, [ˈʃta.χl̩ˌʃʋaɪ̯n] Audio: De-Stachelschwein.ogg

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Etymology: 16th century, from Stachel (“spine, spike”) + Schwein (“pig, swine”), a calque of Latin porcus spīnōsus, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἀκανθόχοιρος (akanthókhoiros). Etymology templates: {{affix|de|Stachel|Schwein|t1=spine, spike|t2=pig, swine}} Stachel (“spine, spike”) + Schwein (“pig, swine”), {{cal|de|la|porcus spīnōsus|nocap=1}} calque of Latin porcus spīnōsus, {{der|de|grc|ἀκανθόχοιρος}} Ancient Greek ἀκανθόχοιρος (akanthókhoiros) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,s:es}} Stachelschwein n (strong, genitive Stachelschweins or Stachelschweines, plural Stachelschweine) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,s:es}} Forms: Stachelschweins [genitive], Stachelschweines [genitive], Stachelschweine [plural], strong [table-tags], Stachelschwein [nominative, singular], Stachelschweine [definite, nominative, plural], Stachelschweins [genitive, singular], Stachelschweines [genitive, singular], Stachelschweine [definite, genitive, plural], Stachelschwein [dative, singular], Stachelschweine [dative, singular], Stachelschweinen [dative, definite, plural], Stachelschwein [accusative, singular], Stachelschweine [accusative, definite, plural]

Inflected forms

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"Stachelschwein" meaning in German

Noun

Inflected forms