Heilbutt

German

Heilbutt

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Helbutt (with variants). By surface analysis, heil +‎ Butt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ̯lbʊt/
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Noun

Heilbutt m (strong, genitive Heilbuttes or Heilbutts, plural Heilbutte)

halibut (fish of genus Hippoglossus)

Declension

Declension of Heilbutt [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Heilbutt	die	Heilbutte
genitive	eines	des	Heilbuttes, Heilbutts	der	Heilbutte
dative	einem	dem	Heilbutt, Heilbutte¹	den	Heilbutten
accusative	einen	den	Heilbutt	die	Heilbutte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

“Heilbutt” in Duden online

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