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Hippopotamus

Meaning of "Hippopotamus" in the German dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HIPPOPOTAMUS

lateinisch hippopotamus < griechisch hippopótamos, zu: híppos und potamós = Fluss.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HIPPOPOTAMUS IN GERMAN

Hippopo̲tamus


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIPPOPOTAMUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Hippopotamus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HIPPOPOTAMUS MEAN IN GERMAN?

Definition of Hippopotamus in the German dictionary

River, hippopotamus.


GERMAN WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIPPOPOTAMUS

Calamus · Camus · Gaudeamus · Hypothalamus · Nostradamus · Priamus · Ramus · Thalamus · ergo bibamus

GERMAN WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIPPOPOTAMUS

Hippogryph · Hippokamp · Hippokrates · Hippokratiker · hippokratisch · Hippokratismus · Hippokrene · Hippologe · Hippologie · Hippologin · hippologisch · Hippolyt · Hippolytos · Hippolytus · Hippomanes · Hipponakteus · Hippotherapeut · Hippotherapeutin · hippotherapeutisch · Hippotherapie

GERMAN WORDS THAT END LIKE HIPPOPOTAMUS

Animus · Anonymus · Antisemitismus · Hieronymus · Hummus · Humus · Impressionismus · Journalismus · Mechanismus · Nationalsozialismus · Organismus · Orgasmus · Primus · Rassismus · Remus · Rhythmus · Schamanismus · Stalinismus · Thymus · Tourismus

Synonyms and antonyms of Hippopotamus in the German dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HIPPOPOTAMUS» IN GERMAN

The following German words have a similar or identical meaning as «Hippopotamus» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «Hippopotamus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIPPOPOTAMUS

Find out the translation of Hippopotamus to 25 languages with our German multilingual translator.

The translations of Hippopotamus from German to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Hippopotamus» in German.
zh

Translator German - Chinese

河马
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator German - Spanish

hipopótamo
570 millions of speakers
en

Translator German - English

Hippopotamus
510 millions of speakers
hi

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जलहस्ती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator German - Arabic

برنيق
280 millions of speakers
ru

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гиппопотам
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator German - Portuguese

hipopótamo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator German - Bengali

জলহস্তী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator German - French

hippopotame
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator German - Malay

badak air
190 millions of speakers
de

German

Hippopotamus
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator German - Japanese

河馬
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator German - Korean

하마
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator German - Javanese

Hippopotamus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator German - Vietnamese

con trâu nước
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator German - Tamil

நீர்யானை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator German - Marathi

पाणघोडा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator German - Turkish

suaygırı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator German - Italian

ippopotamo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator German - Polish

hipopotam
50 millions of speakers
uk

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гіпопотам
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator German - Romanian

hipopotam
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator German - Greek

ιπποπόταμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator German - Afrikaans

seekoei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator German - Swedish

flodhäst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator German - Norwegian

Hippopotamus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Hippopotamus

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIPPOPOTAMUS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of Hippopotamus
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our German online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Hippopotamus».

Examples of use in the German literature, quotes and news about Hippopotamus

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10 GERMAN BOOKS RELATING TO «HIPPOPOTAMUS»

Discover the use of Hippopotamus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hippopotamus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in German literature.
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Die Ostsahara im Spätquartär: Ökosystemwandel im größten ...
Lit; Hippopotamus amphibius: Ounianga Kebir; 19; 5; 20; 32; Joleaud & Lombard □; 1933, zit. nach Vau frey 1969: 30), Mauny (1956: 256 Fig. 1) SU 111; Hippopotamus amphibius; „Lake Ptolemy" (W); 18; 47; 25; 23; Driesch und Peters P 235 ...
Hans-Joachim Pachur, Norbert Altmann, 2006
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Die Ägyptische und die zoroastrische Glaubenslehre als die ...
unter dem Thiere nur die durch das Thier vorgestellte Gottheit ver— borgen sein kann: nach dem Vorhergegangenen also unter dem Hippopotamus nur Ares oder Typhon. Dies wird denn bestätigt und zugleich alles weitere Bathen unnöthig ...
Eduard Maximilian Röth, 1862
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Unterhaltungen am häuslichen Herd
Er war über zwei Ellen lang und wuchs zusehends, als bliese man ihn auf. Unter diesen Gelehrten ist nun ein Herr Prevost, welchen der weibliche HippopotamuS, trotz aller Aufmerksamkeiten, welche er ihm täglich beweist, nicht leiden kann.
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Bibliotheca Zoologica: Verzeichniss der Schriften über Zoologie
Sparrmann, Amir., Beschreibung des Hippopotamus amphibius. (Mit 1 Taf.) in: Ab - handlgn. d. Scbwed. Akad. Bd. 40. f. 1778. p. 318—324. Tomes, Jobo, On the blood-coloured exudation from the skin of the Hippopotamus. (Mit 1 Taf.) ...
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Bibliotheca historico-naturalis: Verzeichniss der Bücher ...
Sparrmann, Andr., Beschreibung des Hippopotamus amphibiUS. (Mit 1 Taf.) in: Abba n dlgn. d. Scbwed. Akad. Bd. 40. f. 1778. p. 318—324. Tomes, John, Od the blood-coloured exudation from the skin of the Hippopotamus. (Mit 1 Taf.) ...
Wilhelm Engelmann, 1861
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Zoologische beyträge zur XIII. ausgabe des Linneischen ...
473. Hippopotamus. Ftufspferd^ - Erxleben, Mammsrl, p. 195. n. ï. Hippopotamus Amphibius, 'i ' < " ,** * Graumann, intr. in hi il. naf, mamm. p. 41. Ni!- ''\ " '" pferHiSiepferd, Behemoth, Wafferocks. Linné, Syft, Nat. Edit. II. p. 48> Hippopotamus.
Johann August Donndorff, 1792
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Archiv für Naturgeschichte
Die Gattung Hexaprotodon . stand dem Hippopotamus sehr nahe; hatte □} Vorderzähne von gleich starker Entwickelung, während beim Flusspferde deren bekanntlich vorhanden sind. Auch die Backenzähne sind der Zahl nach nicht gleich, ...
Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Eduard von Martens, 1839
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Archiv für Naturgeschichte: Zeitschrift für systematische ...
Die Gattung Hexaprotodon stand dem Hippopotamus sehr nahe; hatte -f- Vorderzähne von gleich starker Entwickelung, während beim Flufspferde deren bekanntlich •^ vorhanden sind. Auch die Backenzähne sind der Zahl nach nicht gleich, ...
9
Vollständiges Real-Lexikon der medicinisch-pharmaceutischen ...
HIPPOPOTAMUS. AMPHIBIUS. 76G. --'пи aufrechten, sehr veralteten Stamm mit knotigen Aeaten, welche an den Enden in einfache oder auch ästige, starke Dornen ausgehen. Die jungen Zneige erscheinen rostbraun-schilferig.
Eduard Winkler, 1840
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Museum der Naturgeschichte Helvetiens: Mit col. und schwarz. ...
Cuvier erwähnt bei Gelegenheit seiner kritischen Durchmusterung aller fossilen Stücke, die von verschiedenen Schriftstellern theils mit Recht, theils mit Unrecht dem Hippopotamus zugeschrieben worden, auch dieser beiden Zähne des ...
Friedrich Meisner, 1820

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIPPOPOTAMUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hippopotamus is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Hippopotamus' Ed Balls unlikely to win Strictly, according to judge ...
The flamboyant Italian said Mr Balls, who lost his seat as an MP for Morley and Outwood at the general election, had as much chance of being elected prime ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 16»
2
Ricardo Amaral vai reabrir o Hippo, boate que fez sucesso no Rio ...
... depois de um intervalo de 15 anos, o legendário clube privé Hippopotamus, em ... março, brinca que não vai inaugurar o novo Hippopotamus com uma festa. «Jornal O Globo, Sep 16»
3
Melbourne Zoo's pygmy hippopotamus Petre dies after brain ...
A female pygmy hippopotamus has died at Melbourne Zoo after suffering partial paralysis following a cerebral haemorrhage. Melbourne Zoo official Marcia ... «ABC Online, Aug 16»
4
Merkel's Germany: Between the Burka and the Hippopotamus
With European leaders drifting back to their desks after the summer break, none has an agenda so packed, so complex, and so time-consuming as Angela ... «Carnegie Europe, Aug 16»
5
Killer hippos spread fear among fishermen in Senegal rivers
Lying in hospital with bloodied bandages over the deep gashes in his legs, Senegalese fisherman Ali Fall recalls the moment a hippopotamus tried to kill him as ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 16»
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Adelaide Zoo welcomes 11mo pygmy hippopotamus
Adelaide Zoo has welcomed an 11-month-old pygmy hippopotamus, which has arrived in a new-look enclosure after a day's journey from Melbourne. Obi the ... «ABC Online, May 16»
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Hippopotamus Escapes Circus in Spain's Palos de la Frontera ...
Motorists in southern Spain were given a massive surprise by a hippopotamus who'd escaped from the circus and plodded over a busy street on Wednesday. «NBCNews.com, May 16»
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Auckland Zoo's hippopotamus 'Fudge' dies aged 28
The zoo's Facebook page said on Saturday that "much-loved" male hippo "Fudge" had died. "Normally energetic with a great appetite, Fudge, 28, had been ... «Taranaki Daily News, Mar 16»
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Pygmy hippopotamus calf now on display at Omaha zoo
Mabel, a 2-month-old pygmy hippopotamus calf, appears with her mother, Chomel, at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. Pygmy ... «Washington Times, Dec 15»
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Stephen Fry's 'Hippopotamus' secures sales, distribution deal
Metrodome International and Metrodome Distribution have boarded world sales rights and UK distribution rights, respectively, to UK comedy The Hippopotamus. «Screen International, Oct 15»
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