Pelikan

See also: pelikan, Pelikán, and pelikán

German

Alternative forms

Pelekan (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German pellicān, from Latin pelicānus, pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάνος (pelekános).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpeːliˌkaːn/

Noun

Pelikan m (genitive Pelikans, plural Pelikane)

pelican

Declension

Declension of Pelikan

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pelikan	die	Pelikane
genitive	eines	des	Pelikans	der	Pelikane
dative	einem	dem	Pelikan	den	Pelikanen
accusative	einen	den	Pelikan	die	Pelikane

Derived terms

Derived terms

Braunpelikan
Brillenpelikan
Graupelikan
Krauskopfpelikan

Nashornpelikan
Rosapelikan
Rötelpelikan

Further reading

Pelikan in Duden online

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