Hermelin

See also: hermelin

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɛʁməˈliːn/
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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German hermelîn (or from some non-standard dialect which preserved this state) from Old High German harmilī from Old High German harmo (“ermine”) from Proto-Germanic *harmô and possibly contaminated with Italian ermellino, armellino related to Medieval Latin Armenius mūs, or else see the inherited words Holunder, Wacholder, lebendig for irregular stress change. There exists in German as well an unambiguously inherited form Härmlein. Cognates outside Germanic only in Latvian sermulis and Lithuanian šarmuõ, šermuõ.

Noun

Hermelin n (genitive Hermelins, plural Hermeline)

  1. ermine (Mustela erminea)
  2. (heraldry) ermine

Declension
Declension of Hermelin
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Hermelin die Hermeline
genitive eines des Hermelins der Hermeline
dative einem dem Hermelin den Hermelinen
accusative ein das Hermelin die Hermeline

Noun

Hermelin m (genitive Hermelins, plural Hermeline)

  1. ermine (white fur of the ermine)
  2. Trichosea ludifica (moth of the Noctuidae family)

Declension
Declension of Hermelin
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Hermelin die Hermeline
genitive eines des Hermelins der Hermeline
dative einem dem Hermelin den Hermelinen
accusative einen den Hermelin die Hermeline

Synonyms
  • (Trichosea ludifica): gelber Hermelin

References
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