Noun: holenleeuw
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | holenleeuw |
| Pl. | holenleeuwen |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like holenleeuw
motiveering,
Duitse herdershond,
urilift,
vervolmaking,
elektrische spanning,
ovenfriet,
winteravond,
weervrouw,
besteding,
bloemenveiling,
vertakking,
tintinofiel,
synaps,
olieraffinaderij,
vliegtuigkaping,
sawaslang,
verzetting,
afrondfout,
druivenoogst,
wintermaand, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Compound of hol (“hole, den”) + -en- + leeuw (“lion”), calque of German Höhlenlöwe. First attested in the 1850s. See: German Nouns '
Höhlenlöwe'.
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