Orang-Utan

See also: orangutan, orangután, orang-utan, orang utan, órang-útan, and órangútan

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

Orang-Utan m (strong, genitive Orang-Utans, plural Orang-Utans)

orangutan

Declension edit

Declension of Orang-Utan [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Orang-Utan	die	Orang-Utans
genitive	eines	des	Orang-Utans	der	Orang-Utans
dative	einem	dem	Orang-Utan	den	Orang-Utans
accusative	einen	den	Orang-Utan	die	Orang-Utans

Derived terms edit

Borneo-Orang-Utan (“Bornean orangutan”), Pongo pygmaeus
Sumatra-Orang-Utan (“Sumatran orangutan”), Pongo abelii
Orang-Utan-Männchen (“male orangutan”)
Orang-Utan-Weibchen (“female orangutan”)

Further reading edit

“Orang-Utan” in Duden online
“Orang-Utan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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