Meerschwein
German (Berlin)
/ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃvaɪ̯n/
noun
Definitions
- porpoise
- (usually) guinea pig
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German merswīn inherited from Old High German meriswīn inherited from *mariswīn inherited from Proto-Germanic *mariswīną (dolphin, porpoise, sea pig, cetacean, dolphin porpoise) com from German Meer (sea) + German Schwein (pig, swine, pork, sow, pigs).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Schwein
Gloss
pig, swine, pork, sow, pigs
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
豚
Emoji
🐗 🐷 🐽
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- porpoise English
- Bullenschwein German
- Charakterschwein German
- Eismeer German
- Gelbes Meer German
- Grunzschwein German
- Hausschwein German
- Meer German
- Meereis German
- Meerenge German
- Meeresalge German
- Meeresarm German
- Meeresbiologie German
- Meeresboden German
- Meereschemie German
- Meeresfisch German
- Meeresgrund German
- Meereshorizont German
- Meeresküste German
- Meereslebewesen German
- Meeresluft German
- Meeresorganismus German
- Meeresschicht German
- Meeresschildkröte German
- Meeresschwamm German
- Meeressediment German
- Meeresspiegel German
- Meeresstrand German
- Meeresstraße German
- Meerestier German
- Meeresvogel German
- Meerjungfrau German
- Meerkatze German
- Meersalz German
- Meerschaum German
- Meerschweinchen German
- Meerwasser German
- Minischwein German
- Mittelmeer German
- Nazischwein German
- Randmeer German
- Schilfmeer German
- Schwein German
- Schweinbär German
- Schweinchen German
- Schweinebraten German
- Schweinefilet German
- Schweinefleisch German
- Schweinehirte German
- Schweinepriester German
- Schweinestall German
- Schweinezucht German
- Schweinkram German
- Schweinshaxe German
- Schweinswal German
- Sparschwein German
- Stachelschwein German
- Sternenmeer German
- Wattenmeer German
- meeresgrün German
- meerwärts German
- schweinern German
- schweineteuer German
- marsvin Norwegian Bokmål
- *mariswīną Proto-Germanic
- marsvin Swedish
- marsvin Norwegian Nynorsk
- mere Old English
- mereswin Old English
- mereswīn Old English
- swīn Old English
- porpeys Middle English
- marsvín Old Norse
- marsvin Danish
- พอร์พอยส์ Thai
- meriswīn Old High German
- swīn Old High German
- marsvín Faroese
- mere Middle High German
- merswīn Middle High German
- *mariswīn gmw-pro
- *mariswīn Frankish
- Meer
- Eismeer
- Meereis
- Schwein
- Meersalz
- Meerenge
- Randmeer
- Meeresarm
- meerwärts
- Meerkatze
- Schilfmeer
- Schweinbär
- Wattenmeer
- Meerestier
- Mittelmeer
- schweinern
- Meeresluft
- Meerschaum
- meeresgrün
- Meeresalge
- Meerwasser
- Meeresvogel
- Meeresfisch
- Schweinchen
- Schweinkram
- Meeresgrund
- Sternenmeer
- Hausschwein
- Sparschwein
- Schweinswal
- Minischwein
- Meeresküste
- Nazischwein
- Meeresboden
- Gelbes Meer
- Schweinshaxe
- Meerjungfrau
- Grunzschwein
- Meeresstrand
- Meereschemie
- Meeresstraße
- Schweinezucht
- Schweinestall
- Meeresspiegel
- Schweinehirte
- Bullenschwein
- schweineteuer
- Meeresschwamm
- Meeresschicht
- Schweinefilet
- Meeresbiologie
- Meeressediment
- Stachelschwein
- Schweinebraten
- Meereshorizont
- Meerschweinchen
- Meereslebewesen
- Schweinefleisch
- Charakterschwein
- Schweinepriester
- Meeresorganismus
- Meeresschildkröte