toffeldjur

Swedish

Etymology

From toffel (“slipper”) +‎ djur (“animal”), from shape resemblance. Compare German Pantoffeltierchen, English slipper animalcule.

Noun

toffeldjur n

  1. a paramecium
  2. (in the (identical) plural) Paramecium

Declension
Declension of toffeldjur 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative toffeldjur toffeldjuret toffeldjur toffeldjuren
Genitive toffeldjurs toffeldjurets toffeldjurs toffeldjurens

References
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