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Gorilla

der Gorilla

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Meaning

[1] Zoology: Representatives of the gap of the same name of the great apes from the order of the primates

[1] Zoologie: Vertreter der gleichnamigen Gattung der Menschenaffen aus der Ordnung der Primaten

[2] Zoology, only plural: the genus that belongs to all gorillas [1]

[2] Zoologie, nur Plural: die Gattung, der alle Gorillas[1] angehören

[3] colloquially, pejorative: man who is responsible for personal protection

[3] umgangssprachlich, abwertend: Mann, der für Personenschutz zuständig ist

Examples

[1] Gorillas are threatened in the wild, especially due to the loss of their habitat

[1] Gorillas sind in freier Wildbahn vor allem durch den Verlust ihres Lebensraums bedroht.

[2] Gorillas are closer to humans than orangutan

[2] Gorillas sind enger mit dem Menschen verwandt als Orang-Utans.

[1, 2] The Gorilla Gorilla and Gorilla Beringeiiot species belong to the genus Gorilla

[1, 2] Zur Gattung Gorilla gehören die Arten Gorilla gorilla und Gorilla beringei.

[3] "Two gorillas threw himself on him and nothing happened to the poor girl"

[3] „Zwei Gorillas warfen sich auf ihn, und dem armen Mädchen ist nichts passiert.“
Grammar note

According to the rules of the ICBN and the ICZN, all biological taxa according to the Latin language rules to treat a declination of species or genre names are generally unusual. From the classification level of the family upwards, a declination of the lemmata is possible. Internationally valid prices do not exist. In German, biological taxa are usually treated like Latin foreign words.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Gorilla die Gorillas
Genitiv des Gorillas der Gorillas
Dativ dem Gorilla den Gorillas
Akkusativ den Gorilla die Gorillas

Pronunciation

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