hermelijn

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch hermelijn, a diminutive of hermel, harmel, from Old Dutch *hermilo, itself also a diminutive, of *harmo, from Proto-Germanic *harmô. By surface analysis, hermel +‎ -lijn; hermel (also harmel) survived into early Modern Dutch. Cognate with Middle Low German hermelīn, German Hermelin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɦɛr.məˈlɛi̯n/ Hyphenation: her‧me‧lijn Rhymes: -ɛi̯n === Noun === hermelijn m (plural hermelijnen, diminutive hermelijntje n) stoat, ermine (Mustela erminea) (heraldry) ermine (uncountable) ermine, the white fur of the stoat ==== Derived terms ==== hermelijnen hermelijnkoorts ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: hermelyn === Further reading === hermelijn on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl