Desman

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish desman (“musk” as in desmanråtta “muskrat”), from older desma, desme, from Middle Low German dēsem, from Old Saxon desamo, alteration of *besamo, from Late Latin bisamum (“musk”), from Hebrew בשם (bāśām, bōśem). Doublet of Bisam and Balsam.

Noun

Desman m (strong, genitive Desmans, plural Desmane)

1. desman (animal)

   Synonym: Bisamspitzmaus

Declension

Declension of Desman [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Desman	die	Desmane
genitive	eines	des	Desmans	der	Desmane
dative	einem	dem	Desman	den	Desmanen
accusative	einen	den	Desman	die	Desmane

Hyponyms

• Bisamrüssler