Sänger
German
Etymology
From Middle High German senger, from Old High German sangāri; Sang + -er.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Sänger m (strong, genitive Sängers, plural Sänger, diminutive Sängerchen n or Sängerlein n, feminine Sängerin)
- agent noun of singen; singer (person who sings, often regularly or professionally)
- (specifically) singer (male or of unspecified gender)
- 1842, F. S. Gassner (ed.), Zeitschrift für Deutschlands Musikvereine und Dilettanten. Zweiter Band, Carlsruhe (now Karlsruhe), p.13:
- Die meisten Sänger beiderlei Geschlechts sprechen aber die Worte so aus, dass man oft nicht zu erkennen vermag, in welcher Sprache sie singen!
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- 2014 (6th-8th november), Bernd Riedel, Herausforderung für die Sänger, Hannoversche Allgemeine
- Herausforderung für die Sänger [...] Zurzeit hat der Kammerchor 35 Sängerinnen und Sänger. Für das neue Projekt werden weitere gesucht. „Mein Traum wäre es, wenn wir 48 Sänger zusammenbekommen“, sagt Lehmann.
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Declension
Declension of Sänger [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
Proper noun
Sänger m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Sängers or (with an article) Sänger, feminine genitive Sänger, plural Sängers or Sänger)
- a surname
Further reading
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- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
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