Noun: elefant
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | elefant |
| Sg. definite | elefanten |
| Pl. indefinite | elefanter |
| Pl. definite | elefanterne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | elefants |
| Sg. definite | elefantens |
| Pl. indefinite | elefanters |
| Pl. definite | elefanternes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like elefant
deaktivering,
etablering,
sfinks,
fortovscafé,
desinficering,
sektor,
sekant,
kreation,
sadist,
emulsion,
affirmation,
kreditor,
smiley,
solgud,
soldat,
indvending,
fysioterapi,
shogun,
sheikh,
shaman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Via Latin elephantus from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās); replaced Old Danish fil (“elephant”), Old Norse fíll (cf. older Danish filsben (“ivory”)). See: Latin Nouns '
elephantus', Old Norse Nouns '
fíll'.
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