"Sphinx" meaning in German

See Sphinx in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sfɪŋ(k)s/ Audio: De-Sphinx.ogg
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Σφῐ́γξ (Sphĭ́nx). Etymology templates: {{der|de|grc|Σφῐ́γξ}} Ancient Greek Σφῐ́γξ (Sphĭ́nx) Head templates: {{de-noun|f,e}} Sphinx f (genitive Sphinx, plural Sphinxe), {{de-noun|m􂀿sometimes in scientific usage with male beings/statues􂁀,-:es,e:Sphingen}} Sphinx (sometimes in scientific usage with male beings/statues) m (strong, genitive Sphinx or Sphinxes, plural Sphinxe or Sphingen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f,e}}, {{de-ndecl|m􂀿sometimes in scientific usage with male beings/statues􂁀,-:es,e:Sphingen}} Forms: Sphinx [genitive], Sphinxe [plural], in scientific usage with male beings [sometimes], statues [sometimes], Sphinx [genitive], Sphinxes [genitive], Sphinxe [plural], Sphingen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Sphinx [nominative, singular], Sphinxe [definite, nominative, plural], Sphinx [genitive, singular], Sphinxe [definite, genitive, plural], Sphinx [dative, singular], Sphinxen [dative, definite, plural], Sphinx [accusative, singular], Sphinxe [accusative, definite, plural], strong [table-tags], Sphinx [nominative, singular], Sphinxe [definite, nominative, plural], Sphingen [definite, nominative, plural], Sphinx [genitive, singular], Sphinxes [genitive, singular], Sphinxe [definite, genitive, plural], Sphingen [definite, genitive, plural], Sphinx [dative, singular], Sphinxe [dative, singular], Sphinxen [dative, definite, plural], Sphingen [dative, definite, plural], Sphinx [accusative, singular], Sphinxe [accusative, definite, plural], Sphingen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. sphinx Tags: feminine, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Sphinx-de-noun-FmpzESUy Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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