Translation of "Hippopotamus" into German

Flusspferd, Nilpferd, Flusspferd are the top translations of "Hippopotamus" into German.

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  • Flusspferd

    noun

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hippopotamus noun grammar

A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius) that spends most of the day living in water, but comes on to land at night to feed. Of all living land animals, only the rhinoceros and elephant are larger. [..]

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  • Nilpferd

    noun neuter

    large African mammal [..]

    He wants to make a hippopotamus of me and hang onto my back.

    Er will aus mir ein Nilpferd machen, sich an meinem Rücken festklammern.

  • Flusspferd

    noun neuter

    large African mammal [..]

    Probably the most impressive yawn of all is that of the hippopotamus, or Behemoth.

    Am eindrucksvollsten gähnt jedoch wahrscheinlich das Flußpferd, auch Behemoth genannt.

  • Flußpferd

    noun

    Local people now hunt the hippopotamus for meat and for its tooth ivory.

    Lokale Völker bejagen das Flusspferd wegen des Fleisches und der Elfenbeinzähne.

  • Less frequent translations

    • Flusspferdmännchen
    • Flusspferdweibchen
    • Nilpferdmännchen
    • Nilpferdweibchen
    • Flusspferde
    • Großflusspferd
    • Nilpferdn
    • Hippopotamus amphibius
    • Nilpferde

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