Noun: detective
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | detective |
| Pl. | detectives |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like detective
vaatwasmachine,
hekkensluiter,
urinoir,
whiskey,
internetsite,
internetcafé,
bestemoer,
besteller,
renovatie,
stokstaartje,
benzinestation,
kruipklokje,
bodybuildster,
scharminkel,
vrijbuiter,
server,
serval,
sessie,
seider,
selfie, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from English detective. The sense "work of detective fiction" comes from an ellipsis of detective story. See: English Nouns '
detective'.
Verbs referencing "detective"
German Nouns
Detektiv.
Translations