Declension of German noun Elefant with plural and article

The most important forms of "Elefant" are: genitive singular "Elefanten" and nominative plural "Elefanten". The noun Elefant is weakly declined. The endings are en/en. “Elefant” is masculine. The article is “der Elefant”. “Elefant” belongs to the vocabulary at A2 level. Here you can not only inflect Elefant but also all German nouns. Comments ☆

A2 · noun · masculine · regular · -en, -en

der Elefant

Elefanten · Elefanten

Endings en/en   Dative plural without additional 'n'   Singular nominative with optional 'n'  

English elephant, tusker

/ˈeː.lə.fant/ · /ˈeː.lə.fan.tən/ · /ˈeː.lə.fan.tən/

[Tiere] großes an Land lebendes Säugetier, mithin ein grauer oder bräunlicher Dickhäuter mit auffällig großen Stoßzähnen und Ohren aus der Familie der Rüsseltiere

» Du magst Elefanten . English You like elephants.

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Declension of Elefant in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derElefant
Gen. desElefanten
Dat. demElefanten
Acc. denElefanten

Plural

Nom. dieElefanten
Gen. derElefanten
Dat. denElefanten
Acc. dieElefanten
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Examples

Example sentences for Elefant

  • Du magst Elefanten . 
    English You like elephants.
  • Elefanten sind riesige Tiere. 
    English An elephant is an enormous animal.
  • Wie alt ist der Elefant ? 
    English What is the elephant's age?
  • Ein Elefant ist ein starkes Tier. 
    English An elephant is a strong animal.
  • Ein Elefant ist ein sehr großes Tier. 
    English An elephant is a very large animal.
  • Er macht wieder aus einer Maus einen Elefanten . 
    English He is again making an elephant out of a mouse.
  • Elefanten fressen Gras. 
    English Elephants eat grass.
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Translations

Translation of German Elefant

German Elefant
English elephant, adult elephant, tusker
Russian слон
Spanish elefante, elefanta
French éléphant
Turkish fil
Portuguese elefante, elefanta
Italian elefante, elefantessa
Romanian elefant
Hungarian elefánt
Polish słoń
Greek ελέφαντας
Dutch olifant
Czech slon
Swedish elefant
Danish elefant
Japanese 象
Catalan elefant
Finnish elefantti, norsu
Norwegian elefant
Basque elefante
Serbian slon, слон
Macedonian слон
Slovenian slon
Slowakisch slon
Bosnian slon
Croatian slon
Ukrainian слон
Bulgarian слон
Belorussian слон
Indonesian gajah
Vietnamese voi
Uzbek fil
Hindi हाथी
Chinese 大象
Thai ช้าง
Korean 코끼리
Azerbaijani fil
Georgian ფილ
Bengali হাতি
Marathi हत्ती
Nepali हाथी
Telugu ఏనుగు
Latvian zilonis
Tamil யானை
Estonian elevant
Armenian փիղ
Kurdish fil
Hebrewפיל
Arabicفيل، فيلة
Persianفیل
Urduہاتھی

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of Elefant
  • [Tiere] großes an Land lebendes Säugetier, mithin ein grauer oder bräunlicher Dickhäuter mit auffällig großen Stoßzähnen und Ohren aus der Familie der Rüsseltiere
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Frequently asked questions about the noun "Elefant"

The noun “Elefant” is declined in all four cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative). The declension includes the singular and plural forms and shows how the word changes depending on the case. All declension forms of “Elefant” are explained below. The most important forms are given for the nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative, each in the singular and plural.

How is "Elefant" declined?

“Elefant” is masculine. The article is “der Elefant”.

Is “Elefant” masculine, feminine, or neuter?

“Elefant” is masculine. The article is “der Elefant”.

What is the singular of "Elefant"?

The singular of “Elefant” is: der Elefant. The singular forms are: der Elefant (nominative), des Elefanten (genitive), dem Elefanten (dative) and den Elefanten (accusative).

What is the plural of “Elefant”?

The singular of “Elefant” is: die Elefanten. The singular forms are: die Elefanten (nominative), der Elefanten (genitive), den Elefanten (dative) and die Elefanten (accusative).

At what language level is “Elefant” used?

“Elefant” belongs to the vocabulary at A2 level.

What are the peculiarities of the declension of “Elefant”?

The declension of Elefant as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Elefant is crucial.

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