Seekuh

German

Etymology

From See (“sea”) +‎ Kuh (“cow”). The sense "hippopotamus" is a calque of Afrikaans seekoei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeːˌkuː/

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Noun

Seekuh f (genitive Seekuh, plural Seekühe)

1. sea cow, sirenian

   Synonym: Sirene

   Hyponyms: Manati, Dugong

2. (South Africa, Namibia) hippopotamus

Declension

Declension of Seekuh [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Seekuh	die	Seekühe
genitive	einer	der	Seekuh	der	Seekühe
dative	einer	der	Seekuh	den	Seekühen
accusative	eine	die	Seekuh	die	Seekühe