buffel
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch buffel (“buffalo”), from Middle Dutch buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo (archaic buffalo), from Latin bubalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).
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Noun edit
buffel (plural buffels)
- buffalo
- (more narrowly) Cape buffalo
- Synonym: Kaapse buffel
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo (archaic buffalo), from Latin bubalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).
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Noun edit
buffel m (plural buffels, diminutive buffeltje n)
- A buffalo, one of some mammals of the subfamily Bovinae, especially of the genus Bubalus or Syncerus caffer.
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buffel c
- buffalo, especially water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
- (figurative) someone (socially) clumsy and insensitive
Declension edit
Declension of buffel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | buffel | buffeln | bufflar | bufflarna |
Genitive | buffels | buffelns | bufflars | bufflarnas |