Kobra

See also: kobra and kóbra

German

Etymology

From Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːbʁa/

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Noun

Kobra f (genitive Kobra, plural Kobras)

1. cobra (venomous snake, especially of the genus Naja)

Declension

Declension of Kobra [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kobra	die	Kobras
genitive	einer	der	Kobra	der	Kobras
dative	einer	der	Kobra	den	Kobras
accusative	eine	die	Kobra	die	Kobras

Hypernyms

• Schlange
• Giftnatter

Hyponyms

(genus Naja):

• Brillenschlange
• Kapkobra
• Speikobra

(other):

• Königskobra
• Wüstenkobra

Further reading

• “Kobra” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kobra” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Kobra” in Duden online
• Kobra on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de