zeehond

Meaning

seal, any member of the family Phocidae

Hyphenated as

zee‧hond

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzeːɦɔnt/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch seehont. By surface analysis, zee (“sea”) + hond (“hound, dog”).
Middle Dutch seehont, is possibly an alteration of seelhont (literally “seal-hound, seal-dog”), from seel (“seal”), from Proto-Germanic *selhaz. Compare Low German Saalhund (“seal”).

Sentences

De haaien hebben de zeehond opgegeten .

The sharks ate the seal.