alfahan
Danish
Etymology
From alfa (“alpha”) + han (“male”), a calque of the English alpha male.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alfahan/, [ˈalfaˌhan]
Noun
alfahan c (singular definite alfahannen, plural indefinite alfahanner)
- alpha male (dominant male in a group of animals) [from 1996]
- Synonym: førerhan
- Coordinate term: alfahun
Declension
Declension of alfahan
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | alfahan | alfahannen | alfahanner | alfahannerne |
| genitive | alfahans | alfahannens | alfahanners | alfahannernes |
Further reading
- “alfahan” in Den Danske Ordbog
alfahan on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
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