Krokodil

See also: krokodil and krokodíl

German

Etymology

From Latin crocodīlus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁokoˈdiːl/, /kʁɔkoˈdiːl/

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• Rhymes: -iːl
• Hyphenation: Kro‧ko‧dil

Noun

Krokodil n (strong, genitive Krokodiles or Krokodils, plural Krokodile, feminine Krokodilin)

1. crocodile

Declension

Declension of Krokodil [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Krokodil	die	Krokodile
genitive	eines	des	Krokodiles, Krokodils	der	Krokodile
dative	einem	dem	Krokodil, Krokodile1	den	Krokodilen
accusative	ein	das	Krokodil	die	Krokodile

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Nilkrokodil
• Spitzkrokodil
• Sumpfkrokodil

Descendants

• → Hungarian: krokodil (or directly from Latin)
• → Middle Russian: крокоди́лъ (krokodíl)
  • Russian: крокоди́л (krokodíl), крокоди́лъ (krokodíl) — pre-1918 spelling
    • → Bezhta: каракадил (karakadil)
    • → English: krokodil
    • → French: krokodil
    • → Ingrian: krokodila
    • → Kildin Sami: крокадил (krokadil)
• → Old Ruthenian: крокоди́лъ (krokodíl), крокоды́лъ (krokodýl), крокоды́ль (krokodýlʹ)
  • Belarusian: кракадзі́л (krakadzíl)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: крокоді́л (krokodíl)
  • Ukrainian: крокоди́л (krokodýl)
• → Plautdietsch: Krockodiel (possibly via Russian)

See also

• Alligator m

Further reading

• “Krokodil” in Duden online
• “Krokodil”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin crocodīlus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁokoˈdiːl/

Noun

Krokodil n (plural Krokodillen)

1. crocodile