Elefant

== German == === Alternative forms === Elephant (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German elefant, elfant, relatinisation of helfant, from Old High German helfant, from Proto-West Germanic *elpand (“elephant, ivory”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eləˈfant/, [ʔe.ləˈfant], [ˌʔɛ-], [ˌʔeː-] Rhymes: -ant Hyphenation: Ele‧fant === Noun === Elefant m (weak, genitive Elefanten, plural Elefanten, diminutive Elefäntchen n or Elefäntlein n, feminine Elefantin) elephant ==== Declension ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== Dickhäuter Pachyderme Rüsseltier ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen ein Elefantengedächtnis haben Elefant im Porzellanladen Elefantenrennen ==== Descendants ==== → Kashubian: élefant → Lower Sorbian: elefant → Saterland Frisian: Elefant === Further reading === “Elefant” in Duden online “Elefant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From German Elefant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌeleˈfant/, [ˌələˈfɑnt], /ˌeːle-/, /ˌæle-/ === Noun === Elefant m (plural Elefanten) elephant == Saterland Frisian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Elefant, from Middle High German hëlfant, from Latin elephans. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌeːləˈfant/ Hyphenation: E‧le‧fant Rhymes: -ant === Noun === Elefant m (plural Elefante) elephant === References === Marron C. Fort (2015), “Elefant”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN Jörg Peters (2017), “Saterland Frisian”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 49, number 2