Erdferkel

== German == === Etymology === From Erde (“earth”) +‎ Ferkel (“piglet”), after South African Dutch aardvarken. First described in German by Peter Kolbe in 1719, who called it Erdschwein, a more literal calque. The form Erdferkel uses a word that is cognate with Dutch varken (“pig”) but has a slightly different sense. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeːrtˌfɛrkəl/, [ˈʔeːɐ̯tˌfɛʁ.kl̩], [ˈʔɛɐ̯tˌfɛɐ̯.kl̩] Hyphenation: Erd‧fer‧kel === Noun === Erdferkel n (strong, genitive Erdferkels, plural Erdferkel) aardvark, earth pig ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Erdferkel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Erdferkel” in Duden online “Erdferkel”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008– “Erdferkel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon