Hyäne

Hyäne

See also: hyæne

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina). At first also hientier (15th century). According to Pliny, precious stones called hyaenia are won from hyena eyes, whence Middle High German hiennia (“kind of gem”), perhaps already Old High German hiena (“handle made of gemstone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hyˈɛːnə/, [hyˈɛːnə], [hyˈjɛːnə], [hyˈʔɛːnə]
• IPA^(key): /hyˈeːnə/, /hiˈɛːnə/, /hiˈeːnə/ (variants)

• Audio (plural form)

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Noun

Hyäne f (genitive Hyäne, plural Hyänen, feminine Hyänin)

1. hyena (animal)

Declension

Declension of Hyäne [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hyäne	die	Hyänen
genitive	einer	der	Hyäne	der	Hyänen
dative	einer	der	Hyäne	den	Hyänen
accusative	eine	die	Hyäne	die	Hyänen

Further reading

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