Röntgen

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See also: roentgen, Roentgen, and röntgen

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From German Röntgen.

Proper noun[edit]

Röntgen

  1. A surname from German, notably of Wilhelm Röntgen.

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German[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Named after the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁœntɡn̩/
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Noun[edit]

Röntgen n (strong, genitive Röntgens, plural Röntgen)

  1. (medical equipement) röntgen, X-ray
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Etymology 2[edit]

Frisian diminutive of Hieronymus.[1]

Proper noun[edit]

Röntgen m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Röntgens or (with an article) Röntgen, feminine genitive Röntgen, plural Röntgens or Röntgen)

  1. a surname, notably of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
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References[edit]

  1. ^ Hans Bahlow (1967) “Röntgen, Röntjen”, in Deutsches Namenlexikon: Familien- und Vornamen nach Ursprung und Sinn erklärt (in German), Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Verlag, published 1972:fries. KF. wie Böntjen, Büntgens! Ronymus s. Hieronymus!

Further reading[edit]

  • Röntgen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Röntgen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Röntgen” in Duden online