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Elefant

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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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

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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
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