Elefant

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See also: elefant and elefánt

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin elephantus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eleˈfant/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Hyphenation: Ele‧fant

Noun

Elefant m (weak, genitive Elefanten, plural Elefanten, diminutive Elefäntchen n or Elefäntlein n, feminine Elefantin)

  1. elephant (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Elefant [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Elefant die Elefanten
genitive eines des Elefanten der Elefanten
dative einem dem Elefanten den Elefanten
accusative einen den Elefanten die Elefanten

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Lower Sorbian: elefant
  • → Saterland Frisian: Elefant

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Elefant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌeleˈfant/, [ˌələˈfɑnt], /ˌeːle-/, /ˌæle-/

Noun

Elefant m (plural Elefanten)

  1. elephant

Saterland Frisian

n'Elefant.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Elefant, from Middle High German hëlfant, from Latin elephans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌeːləˈfant/
  • Hyphenation: E‧le‧fant
  • Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Elefant m (plural Elefante)

  1. elephant

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Elefant”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
  • Jörg Peters (2017) “Saterland Frisian”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 49, number 2
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