baviaan – Dutch noun declension

Noun: baviaan
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Sg.	baviaan
Pl.	bavianen

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like baviaan

silaan, Subsaharaan, hijskraan, warmwaterkraan, roze pelikaan, ademhalingsorgaan, uitgedoofde vulkaan, zadelsprinkhaan, Dominicaan, mohammedaan, Zimbabwaan, meridiaan, celmembraan, roodrugpelikaan, baviaan, wilde zwaan, Hindoestaan, oorlogsveteraan, sprinkhaan, kabelbaan, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From Middle Dutch baubijn, from Old French babuin, perhaps from baboe (“grimace”).
2. The spelling with -iaen (modern spelling: -iaan) first appears in the sixteenth century, becoming common in the seventeenth century, perhaps due to the Arminian controversy as a rhyme for arminiaan.

Verbs referencing "baviaan"

English Nouns baboon, German Nouns Pavian, Danish Nouns bavian, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns bavian, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns bavian, Italian Nouns paviano, Ukrainian Nouns павіан.

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