Lemming

See also: lemming and lèmming

German

Etymology

Ca. 1800, from Dano-Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse læmingi, læmingr, lómundr (“lemming”). Further origin unknown, perhaps from Sami luomek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛmɪŋ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Lemming m (strong, genitive Lemmings, plural Lemminge)

1. lemming

Declension

Declension of Lemming [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Lemming	die	Lemminge
genitive	eines	des	Lemmings	der	Lemminge
dative	einem	dem	Lemming	den	Lemmingen
accusative	einen	den	Lemming	die	Lemminge

Derived terms

• wie die Lemminge

Further reading

• “Lemming” in Duden online
• “Lemming”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “lemming”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.