Säugetier

== German == === Etymology === Compound of säugen (“suckle, give suck”) +‎ Tier (“animal”). Säuge- (from säugen (“to suckle”) is part of the compound Säugetier ("suckling animal") because female mammals nurse their young with milk, which is secreted from special glands, the mammary glands. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzɔʏɡəˌtiːɐ̯/ === Noun === Säugetier n (strong, genitive Säugetieres or Säugetiers, plural Säugetiere) mammal Synonym: Säuger ==== Declension ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== Warmblüter, Wirbeltier ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: zoogdierAfrikaans: soogdier→ West Frisian: sûchdier === Further reading === “Säugetier” in Duden online “Säugetier”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)