musvåge

Danish

Etymology

From mus (“mouse”) +‎ våge (“buzzard”). Componentwise cognate with Icelandic músvákur. Via Proto-Indo-European *múHs cognate with Bulgarian мишелов (mišelov) (see for more).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmusˌʋɔːwə], [ˈmusˌʋɔːʊ]

Noun

musvåge c (singular definite musvågen, plural indefinite musvåger)

  1. a common buzzard, of the genus Buteo

Inflection

Declension of musvåge
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative musvåge musvågen musvåger musvågerne
genitive musvåges musvågens musvågers musvågernes

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