Elefant

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See also: elefant and elefánt

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German elefant, elfant, relatinisation of helfant, from Old High German helfant, from Proto-West Germanic *elpand (elephant, ivory).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eləˈfant/, [ʔe.ləˈfant], [ˌʔɛ-], [ˌʔeː-]
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  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Hyphenation: Ele‧fant

Noun

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

  1. elephant

Declension

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Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Kashubian: élefant
  • Lower Sorbian: elefant
  • Saterland Frisian: Elefant

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From German Elefant.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Elefant m (plural Elefanten)

  1. elephant

Saterland Frisian

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n'Elefant.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Elefant m (plural Elefante)

  1. elephant

References

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  • 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