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Translate hippopotamus from English to German

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hippopotamus:
- Nilpferd
Wiktionary:
- hippopotamus → Nilpferdmännchen, Nilpferdweibchen, Flusspferd, Flusspferdmännchen, Flusspferdweibchen, Nilpferd
- hippopotamus → Flußpferd

English

Detailed Translations for hippopotamus from English to German

hippopotamus:

hippopotamus [the ~] noun

the hippopotamus
Nilpferd
- Nilpferd [das ~] noun

Translation Matrix for hippopotamus:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Nilpferd	hippopotamus
-	Hippopotamus amphibius; hippo; river horse

Related Words for "hippopotamus":

hippopotamuses, hippopotami

Synonyms for "hippopotamus":

hippo; river horse; Hippopotamus amphibius; even-toed ungulate; artiodactyl; artiodactyl mammal

Related Definitions for "hippopotamus":

massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa¹

Wiktionary Translations for hippopotamus:

hippopotamus

noun

large African mammal
- hippopotamus → Nilpferdmännchen; Nilpferdweibchen; Flusspferd; Flusspferdmännchen; Flusspferdweibchen; Nilpferd

hippopotamus

noun

großes, dickes, an Gewässern lebendes Säugetier (in Afrika)
- Nilpferd → hippo; hippopotamus

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• hippopotamus	→ Flußpferd	↔ hippopotame — zoologie\|nocat=1 Très gros quadrupède amphibie herbivore d’Afrique, qui vit le jour dans l’eau douce (fleuves et rivières) et broute la nuit.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University