flodhest

Danish

Etymology

flod +‎ hest

Noun

flodhest c (singular definite flodhesten, plural indefinite flodheste)

  1. hippopotamus

Inflection
Declension of flodhest
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flodhest flodhesten flodheste flodhestene
genitive flodhests flodhestens flodhestes flodhestenes

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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