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sköldpadda

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Swedish

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Etymology

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sköld (“shield”) +‎ padda (“toad”), from Old Swedish skioldpadda, a calque of Low German schildepadde, schiltpadde; compare with Norwegian Nynorsk skjelpadde, Danish skildpadde, Norwegian Bokmål skilpadde and Dutch schildpad. Compare German Schildkröte.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɧœldˌpada/
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  • Hyphenation: sköld‧pad‧da

Noun

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sköldpadda c

  1. turtle
    Synonyms: (sea turtle) havssköldpadda, (freshwater turtle) sötvattenssköldpadda
  2. tortoise
    Synonym: landsköldpadda
    Sköldpaddor har skal och är långsamma
    Tortoises have shells and are slow
    Sköldpaddan blev rädd och drog in huvudet i skalet
    The tortoise got scared and retracted [pulled in] its head into its shell

Declension

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Declension of sköldpadda
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sköldpadda sköldpaddas
definite sköldpaddan sköldpaddans
plural indefinite sköldpaddor sköldpaddors
definite sköldpaddorna sköldpaddornas

Derived terms

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References

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