No. 2,222 in German
elf
"Elf" in German means "eleven" in English.
In a sentence
Ich habe elf Äpfel gekauft.
I bought eleven apples.
Here, 'elf' is used as a cardinal number meaning 'eleven'.
Die Elfe lebt im Wald.
The elf lives in the forest.
In this sentence, 'Elfe' refers to a mythical creature called 'elf'; 'Elfe' is the nominative singular form in German.
Vor der Elfenbeinküste gibt es klares Wasser.
There is clear water off the coast of the Ivory Coast.
Here, 'Elfen-', derived from 'Elf', is part of the compound noun 'Elfenbeinküste', meaning 'Ivory Coast'.
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