Noun: elefant
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | elefant |
| Sg. Def. | elefanten |
| Pl. Indef. | elefanter |
| Pl. Def. | elefanterna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | elefants |
| Sg. Def. | elefantens |
| Pl. Indef. | elefanters |
| Pl. Def. | elefanternas |
Sample Sentences
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smidig som en elefant i en porslinsbutik (as agile as an elephant in a porcelain shop)
Nouns inflected like elefant
kosovoalban,
olikformighet,
urinoar,
dödspatrull,
universitetsadjunkt,
villaförort,
urkraft,
knallpulverpistol,
bacillusk,
symbol,
synkop,
sydpol,
mikroorganism,
abiturient,
flykthastighet,
syrian,
rådjursjakt,
partikamrat,
skyttesoldat,
debutroman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Via Latin elephantus from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās); replaced Old Swedish fīl (“elephant”), Old Norse fíll. See: Latin Nouns '
elephantus', Old Norse Nouns '
fíll'.
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