Giraffe

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See also: giraffe

Dutch

Etymology

From giraffe.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Giraffe f

  1. (astronomy) Camelopardalis

German

Etymology

From Middle High German geraff, seraffe, schraffe, partly via Italian giraffa, partly directly (in travel reports) from Arabic زَرافَة (zarāfa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈʁafə/ (predominant; only common form in Germany)
  • IPA(key): /ʒiˈʁafə/, /ʃi-/ (rare in Eastern Germany, alternatively in Austria and Switzerland)
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Noun

Giraffe f (genitive Giraffe, plural Giraffen, feminine Giraffin)

  1. giraffe (animal)

Declension

Declension of Giraffe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Giraffe die Giraffen
genitive einer der Giraffe der Giraffen
dative einer der Giraffe den Giraffen
accusative eine die Giraffe die Giraffen

Proper noun

Giraffe f (proper noun, genitive Giraffe)

  1. The constellation Camelopardalis
    • 1809, Ludewig Ideler, Untersuchungen über den Ursprung und die Bedeutung der Sternnamen, Berlin, page 353:
      Der Kameelparder oder die Giraffe, Camelopardalis, in dem ansehnlichen Raum zwischen dem Nordpol und dem Fuhrmann.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1823, Joh. Elert Bode, Betrachtung der Gestirne und des Weltgebäudes, Berlin, page 49:
      Die Giraffe oder der Kameelparder
      steht zwischen dem Nordpol, Furmann, Cassiopeja und dem Kopfe des großen Bären, und nimmt einen ziemlich großen Raum am Himmel ein, besteht aber nur aus vielen kleinen Sternen, deren Anzahl Flamsteed auf 51 gesetzt hat.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • → Danish: giraf
  • → Dutch: giraf, giraffe
  • → Hungarian: zsiráf

Further reading

  • “Giraffe” in Duden online
  • “Giraffe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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