alfahan

Danish

Etymology

From alfa (“alpha”) +‎ han (“male”), a calque of the English alpha male.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alfahan/, [ˈalfaˌhan]

Noun

alfahan c (singular definite alfahannen, plural indefinite alfahanner)

1. alpha male (dominant male in a group of animals) [from 1996]

   Synonym: førerhan

   Coordinate term: alfahun

Declension

Declension of alfahan

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alfahan	alfahannen	alfahanner	alfahannerne
genitive	alfahans	alfahannens	alfahanners	alfahannernes

Further reading

• “alfahan” in Den Danske Ordbog
• alfahan on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da