alfahan
Danish
Etymology
From alfa (“alpha”) + han (“male”), a calque of the English alpha male.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alfahan/, [ˈalfaˌhan]
Noun
alfahan c (singular definite alfahannen, plural indefinite alfahanner)
- alpha male (dominant male in a group of animals) [from 1996]
Inflection
Declension of alfahan
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | alfahan | alfahannen | alfahanner | alfahannerne |
genitive | alfahans | alfahannens | alfahanners | alfahannernes |
See also
- alfahun ("alpha female")
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