Dromedar

See also: dromedar and dromedár

German

Etymology

From Middle High German dromedār (also drummeldar, trummeltier etc.), from Medieval Latin dromedarius (in part through Old French dromedaire), derived from Ancient Greek δρομάς (dromás, “running”). Doublet of Trampeltier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʁoːmeˌdaːʁ/, /ˈdʁɔmeˌdaːʁ/, [-me-], [-mə-], [-ˌdaː(ɐ̯)], [-ˌdaːʁ], (less often) /dʁomeˈdaːʁ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Dro‧me‧dar

Noun

Dromedar n or (obsolete) m (strong, genitive Dromedars, plural Dromedare, feminine Dromedarin or Dromedarstute)

1. dromedary (single-humped camel)

Declension

Declension of Dromedar [neuter // masculine (obsolete), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Dromedar	die	Dromedare
genitive	eines	des	Dromedars	der	Dromedare
dative	einem	dem	Dromedar	den	Dromedaren
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Dromedar	die	Dromedare

Hypernyms

• Kamel
  • Altweltkamel

Further reading

• “Dromedar” in Duden online
• “Dromedar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Dromedar on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de