Nilpferd

German

Etymology

From Nil (“Nile”) +‎ Pferd (“horse”), a loose calque of Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos). Akin to Dutch nijlpaard.

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Noun

Nilpferd n (genitive Nilpferdes, plural Nilpferde)

  1. hippopotamus
    • 2012, Ursel Scheffler, Kommissar Kugelblitz. Das rosa Nilpferd, in Kommissar Kugelblitz, vol. 8, Quinto, →ISBN.
      Endlich hält er das rosa Nilpferd in den Armen.
      At last he holds the pink hippo in his arms.

Declension
Declension of Nilpferd
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Nilpferd die Nilpferde
genitive eines des Nilpferdes,
Nilpferds		 der Nilpferde
dative einem dem Nilpferd,
Nilpferde1		 den Nilpferden
accusative ein das Nilpferd die Nilpferde
1Now uncommon, see notes

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