| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | gnu·o |
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gnuo | gnuoj |
| Accusative | gnuon | gnuojn |
| Catalan | nyu |
|---|---|
| Danish | gnu |
| Dutch | gnoe; wildebeest |
| English | gnu; wildebeest |
| Finnish | gnuu |
| French | gnou |
| German | Gnu |
| Italian | gnu |
| Portuguese | gnu; boi‐cavalo |
| Russian | гну |
| Spanish | gnu; ñu |
| Swahili | kongoni; nyumbu |
| Swedish | gnu |