alfahan
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom alfa (“alpha”) + han (“male”), a calque of the English alpha male.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalfahan c (singular definite alfahannen, plural indefinite alfahanner)
- alpha male (dominant male in a group of animals) [from 1996]
Declension
editDeclension of alfahan
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | alfahan | alfahannen | alfahanner | alfahannerne |
genitive | alfahans | alfahannens | alfahanners | alfahannernes |
Further reading
edit- “alfahan” in Den Danske Ordbog
- alfahan on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da