zeehond
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#ZEEHONDCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#ZEEHOND seehont. By surface analysis, zee (“sea”) + hond (“hound, dog”)Category:Dutch compound terms#ZEEHOND.
Middle Dutch seehont, is possibly an alteration of seelhont (literally “seal-hound, seal-dog”), from seel (“seal”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#ZEEHOND *selhaz. Compare Low German Saalhund (“seal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzeːɦɔnt/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#ZEEHOND
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#ZEEHONDAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: zee‧hond
Noun
zeehond m (plural zeehonden, diminutive zeehondje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#ZEEHONDCategory:Dutch nouns#ZEEHONDCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#ZEEHONDCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#ZEEHONDCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#ZEEHONDCategory:Pages with entries#ZEEHONDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ZEEHOND
- Category:nl:Phocid seals#ZEEHONDseal, any member of the family Phocidae
- Synonym: rob
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: seehond
- → Indonesian: anjing laut (calque)
Further reading
zeehonden on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl