Schimpanse

German

Etymology

From a Bantu language, probably via French chimpanzé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪmˈpanzə/

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Noun

Schimpanse m (weak, genitive Schimpansen, plural Schimpansen, feminine Schimpansin)

1. chimpanzee

Declension

Declension of Schimpanse [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schimpanse	die	Schimpansen
genitive	eines	des	Schimpansen	der	Schimpansen
dative	einem	dem	Schimpansen	den	Schimpansen
accusative	einen	den	Schimpansen	die	Schimpansen

Descendants

• → Hebrew: שימפנזה (shimpanze)

Further reading

• “Schimpanse” in Duden online
• “Schimpanse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache