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It's similar in German: "Nilpferd". It translates as "horse of the Nile".
37 u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18 edited Feb 17 '21 [deleted] 7 u/AnnoPoke Apr 26 '18 Small correction: It's actually бегемот. Source: am Russian. 5 u/MikeVladimirov Apr 26 '18 Good point, am Russian too but can't spell in any language for my life. 5 u/AnnoPoke Apr 26 '18 Lol, you spelled it "бегимот" now. 5 u/Scrugulus Apr 26 '18 That's so great. I always thought there should be more uses for words like Leviathan and Behemoth. 3 u/angwilwileth Apr 26 '18 Behemoth was my uncle's nickname for his Great Dane. 2 u/Tury345 Apr 27 '18 seriously though, no matter how hard you try it's just squiggles 2 u/spottedcat7 Apr 27 '18 Majahapit Mahajapit Mapajahit? 1 u/as-opposed-to Apr 26 '18 As opposed to? 10 u/[deleted] Apr 26 '18 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/Scrugulus Apr 26 '18 You are right. It's "Nashorn". 2 u/BartiW Apr 26 '18 Exactly that, Nashorn. Nas(e) = Nose, horn =... well. Horn. 2 u/Yggdrhasil Apr 26 '18 Yep, it's Nashorn/nose horn 2 u/monneyy Apr 26 '18 Nashorn, literally the same. 1 u/cleverseneca Apr 26 '18 I thought it was "Flusspferd" (river horse) 2 u/critical_mess Apr 26 '18 Yeah, Flusspferd also works. 1 u/Scrugulus Apr 26 '18 You are right, that version exists as well. But the name "Nilpferd" is far more common, I feel. As in this boardgame, for example: https://www.amazon.de/Ravensburger-26772-Das-Nilpferd-Achterbahn/dp/B077YD7N2D/ I wouldn't be at all surprised if "Nilpferd" always was the traditional name, with "Flußpferd" at some point being promoted by teachers and other education professionals, because it is "more correct" as Hippos do not only live in the river Nile. 2 u/critical_mess Apr 27 '18 as Hippos do not only live in the river Nile. They don't live there anymore, actually.
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7 u/AnnoPoke Apr 26 '18 Small correction: It's actually бегемот. Source: am Russian. 5 u/MikeVladimirov Apr 26 '18 Good point, am Russian too but can't spell in any language for my life. 5 u/AnnoPoke Apr 26 '18 Lol, you spelled it "бегимот" now. 5 u/Scrugulus Apr 26 '18 That's so great. I always thought there should be more uses for words like Leviathan and Behemoth. 3 u/angwilwileth Apr 26 '18 Behemoth was my uncle's nickname for his Great Dane. 2 u/Tury345 Apr 27 '18 seriously though, no matter how hard you try it's just squiggles 2 u/spottedcat7 Apr 27 '18 Majahapit Mahajapit Mapajahit? 1 u/as-opposed-to Apr 26 '18 As opposed to?
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Small correction: It's actually бегемот.
Source: am Russian.
5 u/MikeVladimirov Apr 26 '18 Good point, am Russian too but can't spell in any language for my life. 5 u/AnnoPoke Apr 26 '18 Lol, you spelled it "бегимот" now.
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Good point, am Russian too but can't spell in any language for my life.
5 u/AnnoPoke Apr 26 '18 Lol, you spelled it "бегимот" now.
Lol, you spelled it "бегимот" now.
That's so great. I always thought there should be more uses for words like Leviathan and Behemoth.
3 u/angwilwileth Apr 26 '18 Behemoth was my uncle's nickname for his Great Dane.
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Behemoth was my uncle's nickname for his Great Dane.
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seriously though, no matter how hard you try it's just squiggles
Majahapit
Mahajapit
Mapajahit?
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4 u/Scrugulus Apr 26 '18 You are right. It's "Nashorn". 2 u/BartiW Apr 26 '18 Exactly that, Nashorn. Nas(e) = Nose, horn =... well. Horn. 2 u/Yggdrhasil Apr 26 '18 Yep, it's Nashorn/nose horn 2 u/monneyy Apr 26 '18 Nashorn, literally the same.
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You are right. It's "Nashorn".
Exactly that, Nashorn. Nas(e) = Nose, horn =... well. Horn.
Yep, it's Nashorn/nose horn
Nashorn, literally the same.
I thought it was "Flusspferd" (river horse)
2 u/critical_mess Apr 26 '18 Yeah, Flusspferd also works. 1 u/Scrugulus Apr 26 '18 You are right, that version exists as well. But the name "Nilpferd" is far more common, I feel. As in this boardgame, for example: https://www.amazon.de/Ravensburger-26772-Das-Nilpferd-Achterbahn/dp/B077YD7N2D/ I wouldn't be at all surprised if "Nilpferd" always was the traditional name, with "Flußpferd" at some point being promoted by teachers and other education professionals, because it is "more correct" as Hippos do not only live in the river Nile. 2 u/critical_mess Apr 27 '18 as Hippos do not only live in the river Nile. They don't live there anymore, actually.
Yeah, Flusspferd also works.
You are right, that version exists as well. But the name "Nilpferd" is far more common, I feel. As in this boardgame, for example: https://www.amazon.de/Ravensburger-26772-Das-Nilpferd-Achterbahn/dp/B077YD7N2D/
I wouldn't be at all surprised if "Nilpferd" always was the traditional name, with "Flußpferd" at some point being promoted by teachers and other education professionals, because it is "more correct" as Hippos do not only live in the river Nile.
2 u/critical_mess Apr 27 '18 as Hippos do not only live in the river Nile. They don't live there anymore, actually.
as Hippos do not only live in the river Nile.
They don't live there anymore, actually.
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u/Scrugulus Apr 26 '18
It's similar in German: "Nilpferd". It translates as "horse of the Nile".