Alzheimer

See also: alzheimer and alzhéimer

English

Noun

Alzheimer (plural Alzheimers)

1. (medicine, rare) Somebody with Alzheimer's disease.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Alzheimer.

---

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaltshaɪ̯mər/, [ˈʔalt͡sˌhaɪ̯.mɐ], [ˈʔal.t͡saɪ̯.mɐ]
• Hyphenation: Alz‧hei‧mer

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

A form of Altesheim (“old hamlet”) +‎ -er; see altes and Heim.

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Named after Alois Alzheimer.

Noun

Alzheimer n or m (strong, genitive Alzheimers or Alzheimer, no plural)

1. Alzheimer's disease

   Synonyms: Alzheimer-Krankheit; Alzheimersche Krankheit; Alzheimer-Erkrankung, Alzheimererkrankung, Alzheimersche Erkrankung; Alzheimer-Syndrom, Alzheimersyndrom, Alzheimersches Syndrom

Declension

Declension of Alzheimer [sg-only, neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Alzheimer
genitive	eines	des	Alzheimers, Alzheimer
dative	einem	dem	Alzheimer
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Alzheimer

Usage notes

• Alzheimer is the usual form in German and is not particularly informal. The compounds below are used chiefly for clarity. In formal style they are also preferable when the word is construed with a determiner or adjective. Thus, eine schwere Alzheimer-Erkrankung (“a grave form of Alzheimer's disease”), for which less formally also schweres Alzheimer (or for some speakers schwerer Alzheimer).

Further reading

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

---

Italian

Noun

Alzheimer m (invariable)

1. (medicine) Alzheimer's disease

---

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈzaj.meʁ/, /awzˈhaj.meʁ/

Noun

Alzheimer m or f (uncountable)

1. Short for doença de Alzheimer.

---

Spanish

Noun

Alzheimer m (uncountable)

1. Short for enfermedad de Alzheimer.