Declension of German noun Pfau with plural and article

The declension of the noun Pfau (peacock, Indian peafowl) is in singular genitive Pfau(e)s/Pfauen and in the plural nominative Pfaue(n). The noun Pfau is declined with the declension endings es/en/en/e. The voice of Pfau is maskuline and the article "der". Here you can not only inflect Pfau but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C2. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · masculine · regular⁹ · -s, -en · -en, -e⁹

der Pfau

Pfau(e)s/Pfauen⁹ · Pfaue(n)⁹

Endings es/en/en/e   Dative plural without additional 'n'  

⁹ Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland

English peacock, Indian peafowl, blue peafowl, common peafowl, constellation, peafowl

/pfaʊ̯/ · /ˈpfaʊ̯əs/ · /ˈpfaʊ̯ən/

[Tiere, Wissenschaft] Ziervogel mit auffälligem, dekorativem Schwanzgefieder; Vogel; Pavo cristatus

» Die Pfauen sind hungrig. English The peacocks are hungry.

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Declension of Pfau in singular and plural in all cases

Singular 1

Nom. derPfau
Gen. desPfaues/Pfaus
Dat. demPfau
Acc. denPfau

Singular 2

Nom. derPfau⁹
Gen. desPfauen⁹
Dat. demPfauen⁹
Acc. denPfauen⁹

Plural 1

Nom. diePfauen
Gen. derPfauen
Dat. denPfauen
Acc. diePfauen

Plural 2

Nom. diePfaue⁹
Gen. derPfaue⁹
Dat. denPfauen⁹
Acc. diePfaue⁹

⁹ Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland

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Examples

Example sentences for Pfau

  • Die Pfauen sind hungrig. 
    English The peacocks are hungry.
  • Der Pfau schlägt ein Rad. 
    English The peacock is making a wheel.
  • Die Pfauen gehören zu den Hühnern. 
    English Peacocks belong to chickens.
  • Pfauen stammen aus den Regenwäldern Asiens. 
    English Peacocks originate from the rainforests of Asia.
  • Er ist ein Faulpelz und ein Pfau . 
    English He's lazy and vain.
  • Ein Mann am Steuer eines Autos ist ein Pfau , der sein Rad in der Hand hält. 
    English A man at the wheel of a car is a peacock holding his wheel in his hand.
  • Bitte pass auf meine Pfauen auf. 
    English Please take care of my peacocks.
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Translations

Translation of German Pfau

German Pfau
English peacock, Indian peafowl, blue peafowl, common peafowl, constellation, peafowl
Russian павлин, Павлин, павли́н, щеголи́ха, щёголь
Spanish pavo real, constelación, pavón
French paon, Paon
Turkish tavus kuşu, peacock, tavuskuşu, tüy, tüyü güzel kuş
Portuguese pavão, Pavão
Italian pavone, Pavone, pavone comune, pavone indiano
Romanian păun, Pavă
Hungarian páva, Páva
Polish paw, Paw, pawie
Greek παγώνι, Περιστέρι, Ταώς
Dutch pauw, Pauw, pau, pauwen
Czech páv, Pavouk
Swedish påfågel, Pavon, Påfågeln
Danish påfugl, Fugl
Japanese クジャク, 孔雀, 孔雀座
Catalan paó, constel·lació, paó reial
Finnish pulu, riikinkukko, Pavun tähtikuvio
Norwegian påfugl, Fugl
Basque Hegoaldeko izar-multzo, pavo
Serbian pav, Pavijan, паун
Macedonian павиљон, паун
Slovenian pav, Pav
Slowakisch páv, Pavúk
Bosnian pav, Pavijan
Croatian pav, Pavijan, paun
Ukrainian павич
Bulgarian павлин, павиан
Belorussian павін, Павін
Indonesian merak
Vietnamese con công
Uzbek tovuz
Chinese 孔雀
Thai นกยูง
Korean 공작새
Azerbaijani tovuzquşu
Georgian ფავიონი
Bengali moyur
Albanian pavo
Telugu మయూరు
Latvian pāvs
Tamil மயில்
Estonian paav
Armenian պավիո
Kurdish mor
Hebrewטווס، עוף החול، תוכי
Arabicطاووس
Persianطاووس، پروین
Urduمور، پراو

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Meanings and synonyms of Pfau
  • [Tiere] Ziervogel mit auffälligem, dekorativem Schwanzgefieder, Pavo cristatus
  • [Tiere] Vogel
  • [Wissenschaft] ein Sternbild des Südhimmels
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Declension forms of Pfau

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Pfau in all cases

The declension of Pfau 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 Pfau is crucial.

Declension Pfau

Singular Plural
Nom. der Pfau die Pfaue(n)
Gen. des Pfau(e)s/Pfauen der Pfaue(n)
Dat. dem Pfau(en) den Pfauen
Acc. den Pfau(en) die Pfaue(n)

Declension Pfau

  • Singular: der Pfau, des Pfau(e)s/Pfauen, dem Pfau(en), den Pfau(en)
  • Plural: die Pfaue(n), der Pfaue(n), den Pfauen, die Pfaue(n)

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* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 31475, 31475, 31475

* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 12478, 30398, 31475

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 10706041, 6539713, 2684784, 5821204

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