Seehund

German

Etymology

compound of See “sea” + Hund “dog”, cognate to Dutch zeehond. Possible from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic {{m|gem-pro|*selhaz}, changed by folk etymology, therefore cognate to North Frisian (deprecated template usage) selich, Middle Dutch (deprecated template usage) seel, (deprecated template usage) zēle, Old High German (deprecated template usage) selah, Danish {{term|sæl|lang=da}folk-etymologic

Noun

Seehund m (genitive Seehunds or Seehundes, plural Seehunde)

1. seal, especially the common seal or harbor seal, (Phoca vitulina, a type of pinniped, mammal living in the ocean)

Synonyms

• Robbe f

See also

• Seelöwe m
• Walroß n

External links

• “Seehund” in Duden online