Elephant vs German - What's the difference?
elephant | german |
A mammal of the order Proboscidea , having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
(figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.
(paper, printing) A printing-paper size measuring 30 inches x 22 inches.
(British, childish) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second.
(obsolete) ivory
A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality.
A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.
A member of a Germanic tribe.
An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg and a small part of Belgium.
Of or relating to the nation of Germany.
* 2001 , Donald L. Niewyk, The Jews in Weimar Germany (ISBN 0765806924), page 31:
Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent.
Of, in or relating to the German language.
As a noun elephant
is elephant.As a proper noun german is
a german, teuton.elephant
English
Noun
(en noun)- Let's play hide and seek. I'll count. One elephant''', two '''elephant''', three '''elephant ...
- (Dryden)
Synonyms
* (animal) Elephas maximus'', ''Loxodonta africana * (counting term) seeHyponyms
* (animal) African bush elephant, African forest elephant, Indian elephant, African elephantDerived terms
* African bush elephant * African elephant * African forest elephant * Asian elephant * Asiatic elephant * Borneo elephant, Borneo pygmy elephant * double elephant, double elephant paper * dwarf elephant * elephant apple * elephant bed * elephant beetle * elephant bird, elephantbird * elephant chess * elephant-color, elephant-colour * elephant cord * elephant creeper * elephant ear, elephant ears * elephant fish * elephant flipping * elephant folio * Elephant Gambit * elephant garlic * elephant grass * elephant-gravel * elephant-gray, elephant-grey * elephant gun * * elephant hawk moth * elephanticide * elephantide * elephant in Cairo * elephant in the corner, elephant in the kitchen, elephant in the living room, elephant in the room * (Elephant Island) * elephantitis * elephant joke * elephant juice * elephant leg * (Elephant Man) * elephant man's disease * elephant man's syndrome * elephant on the dinner table * elephant paper * elephant-path * elephant pearl * elephant polo * elephant-rain * elephantry * elephant's breath * elephant seal * elephant's ear, elephant's ears * elephant's foot * elephant's foot umbrella stand * elephant's-grass * elephants' graveyard * elephantship * elephant shrew * elephant's teeth * elephant's trunk, elephant trunk * Elephant's Trunk Nebula * elephant's trunk plant * elephant's trunk snake * elephant's tusk * elephant's-tusks * elephant's-vine * elephant test * elephant trank * elephant tranquilizer, elephant tranquilliser, elephant tranquillizer * Elephant Trap * elephant tree * elephant-trumpet * elephant-trunk fish * Elephant Trunk nebula * elephant-tusk * elephant yam * * forest elephant * get a look at the elephant * imperial elephant * Indian elephant * Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant * Order of the Elephant * pad elephant * pink elephant * pink elephants * pseudelephant * pygmy elephant * retail elephant * rogue elephant * savanna elephant, savannah elephant * sea elephant * see the elephant * show the elephant * Sri Lankan elephant * straight-tusked elephant * Sumatran elephant * temple elephant * war elephant * water elephant * white elephantExternal links
* (wikipedia) * 1000 English basic words ----german
English
Alternative forms
* (abbreviation):Noun
(en noun)- Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed.
Synonyms
* (member of the German ethnic group) Teuton * (member of the German ethnic group) Boche, Fritz, Hun, Jerry, Kraut (qualifier)Hypernyms
* EuropeanProper noun
(en proper noun)- German has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter.
Synonyms
* (language) High GermanSee also
* (de) * Language list *Adjective
(en adjective)- In Prussia, always the most progressive of the German states during the Weimar years and a stronghold of the two parties, Jews could be found in virtually all administrative departments .
- Her German husband has blond hair.
- We take German classes twice a week.
- Because the instructions were German , Yves couldn't read them.
Synonyms
* TeutonicStatistics
*External links
*Leo's German - English Dictionary]: from [http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/home_e.html Department of Informatics of Technische Universität München*
