Schakal

See also: schakal

German

Ein Goldschakal - A Golden Jackal

Etymology

Borrowed from French chacal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈkaːl/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Schakal m (strong, genitive Schakales or Schakals, plural Schakale, feminine Schakalin)

1. jackal

Declension

Declension of Schakal [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schakal	die	Schakale
genitive	eines	des	Schakales, Schakals	der	Schakale
dative	einem	dem	Schakal, Schakale1	den	Schakalen
accusative	einen	den	Schakal	die	Schakale

¹Now rare, see notes.

(canids) Hund; Kojote, Hund, Fuchs, Schakal, Wolf ^{(Category: de:Canids)}

Hyponyms

• Goldschakal (Canis aureus)
• Schabrackenschakal (Canis mesomelas)
• Streifenschakal (Canis adustus)

Descendants

• → Belarusian: шакал (šakal)
• → Czech: šakal
• → Estonian: šaakal
• → Hungarian: sakál
• → Macedonian: шакал (šakal)
• → Russian: шакал (šakal)
  • → Armenian: շակալ (šakal)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: шакал

  Latin script: šakal

• → Slovak: šakal
• → Slovene: šakal
• → Swedish: schakal
• → Ukrainian: шакал (šakal)

Further reading

• “Schakal” in Duden online
• “Schakal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache