Leopard

See also: leopard, léopard, and leopárd

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Leopard

  1. A surname.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German leopard, from Old High German leopart, leopardo, from Late Latin leopardus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leoˈpaʁt/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Leopard m (weak or strong, genitive Leoparden or (rare, in speech) Leopards, plural Leoparden or (in speech) Leoparde, feminine Leopardin)

  1. leopard

Usage notes

The word may follow either weak or strong declension. In the genitive singular, it is almost always weak; in the accusative and dative however, both the weak and strong forms are possible, the former predominant in writing and the latter in speech.

Declension

Declension of Leopard [masculine, weak // strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Leopard die Leoparden, Leoparde2
genitive eines des Leoparden, Leopards1,2 der Leoparden, Leoparde2
dative einem dem Leoparden, Leopard2 den Leoparden
accusative einen den Leoparden, Leopard2 die Leoparden, Leoparde2

1Rare.
2In speech.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kashubian: leopard

Further reading

  • “Leopard” in Duden online
  • “Leopard”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
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