edderkopp

Norwegian Bokmål
edderkopp

Etymology

edder, Danish form of eiter (“poison”) + kopp (“something thick or bloated”). Compare Old English āttercoppe, Danish edderkop, Faroese eiturkoppur.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /e.der.kop/, [ˈɛ.dəɾ.ˌkɔp]

Noun

edderkopp m (definite singular edderkoppen, indefinite plural edderkopper, definite plural edderkoppene)

  1. a spider (arthropod)

Derived terms

References

“edderkopp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

edder, Danish form of eiter (“poison”) + kopp (“something thick or bloated”). Compare Old English āttercoppe, Danish edderkop, Faroese eiturkoppur.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /e.der.kop/, [ˈɛ.dəɾ.ˌkɔp]

Noun

edderkopp m (definite singular edderkoppen, indefinite plural edderkoppar, definite plural edderkoppane)

  1. a spider

Derived terms

References

“edderkopp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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