Noun: Seehund
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Seehund |
| Plural | Seehünde |
Definite
| Singular | der Seehund |
| Plural | die Seehünde |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Seehunds; Seehundes |
| Plural | Seehünde |
Definite
| Singular | des Seehunds; Seehundes |
| Plural | der Seehünde |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Seehund; Seehunde |
| Plural | Seehünden |
Definite
| Singular | dem Seehund; Seehunde |
| Plural | den Seehünden |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Seehund |
| Plural | Seehünde |
Definite
| Singular | den Seehund |
| Plural | die Seehünde |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like Seehund
Seehund,
Etymology
15th century, alteration of Seelhund, explanatory compound from now obsolete Seel (“seal”) + Hund (“dog”). The first component seems to have been inherited from Middle High German sële, sëleh, from Old High German sëlah, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (“seal”). For natural reasons it was a rare word, however, and was later reinforced by cognate Middle Low German sēl, also sēlhunt. Cognate with English seal, North Frisian selich, seel, Danish sæl. Ultimately reinterpreted as See (“sea”) + Hund (“dog”); compare the same in Dutch zeehond. See: English Nouns '
seal', Danish Nouns '
sæl', Dutch Nouns '
zeehond'.
Verbs referencing "Seehund"
English Nouns
sea hound.
Translations