how to pronounce elefant

/eleˈfant/

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elefant is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of elefant in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… gegen ihn und beten dass der elefant im …”

meanings of elefant

noun:

Elephant (male or of unspecified sex).

elefant frequency in german - C2 level of CEFR

the word elefant occurs in german on average 3.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.