flodhest

Danish

Etymology

flod + hest

Noun

flodhest c (singular definite flodhesten, plural indefinite flodheste)

  1. hippopotamus

Inflection

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From flod (river) + hest (horse), modelled on Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, horse) + ποταμός (potamós, river).

Noun

flodhest m (definite singular flodhesten, indefinite plural flodhester, definite plural flodhestene)

  1. a hippopotamus, or hippo (informal)

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From flod (river) + hest (horse), modelled on Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, horse) + ποταμός (potamós, river).

Noun

flodhest m (definite singular flodhesten, indefinite plural flodhestar, definite plural flodhestane)

  1. a hippopotamus, or hippo (informal)

References

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