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)

  1. 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

Examples

  1. Willas er en alfahan og leder klassen, som en flok.

Further reading

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