Buckelwal

German

Buckelwal

Etymology

Buckel (“hump”) +‎ Wal (“whale”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊkəlvaːl/, [ˈbʊkl̩vaːl]

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• Hyphenation: Bu‧ckel‧wal

Noun

Buckelwal m (strong, genitive Buckelwales or Buckelwals, plural Buckelwale)

1. humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Declension

Declension of Buckelwal [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Buckelwal	die	Buckelwale
genitive	eines	des	Buckelwales, Buckelwals	der	Buckelwale
dative	einem	dem	Buckelwal, Buckelwale1	den	Buckelwalen
accusative	einen	den	Buckelwal	die	Buckelwale

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Buckelwal” in Duden online