flodhest
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From flod (“river”) + hest (“horse”), modelled on Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).
Noun edit
flodhest c (singular definite flodhesten, plural indefinite flodheste)
Inflection edit
Declension of flodhest
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | flodhest | flodhesten | flodheste | flodhestene |
genitive | flodhests | flodhestens | flodhestes | flodhestenes |
References edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From flod (“river”) + hest (“horse”), modelled on Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).
Noun edit
flodhest m (definite singular flodhesten, indefinite plural flodhester, definite plural flodhestene)
- a hippopotamus, or hippo (informal)
References edit
- “flodhest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From flod (“river”) + hest (“horse”), modelled on Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).
Noun edit
flodhest m (definite singular flodhesten, indefinite plural flodhestar, definite plural flodhestane)
- a hippopotamus, or hippo (informal)
References edit
- “flodhest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.