Alzheimer
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Alzheimer (plural Alzheimers)
- (medicine, rare) Somebody with Alzheimer's disease.
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Alzheimer.
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]A form of Altesheim (“old hamlet”)[1] + -er; see altes and Heim.
Proper noun
[edit]Alzheimer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Alzheimers or (with an article) Alzheimer, feminine genitive Alzheimer, plural Alzheimers or Alzheimer)
- a surname
Etymology 2
[edit]Named after Alois Alzheimer.
Noun
[edit]Alzheimer n or m (strong, genitive Alzheimers or Alzheimer, no plural)
Usage notes
[edit]- Alzheimer is the usual form in German and is not particularly informal. The compounds listed 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).
Declension
[edit]Declension of Alzheimer [sg-only, neuter // masculine, strong]
Descendants
[edit]- → Bulgarian: алцхаймер (alchajmer)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Alzheimer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Alzheimer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Alzheimer” in Duden online
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]Alzheimer m (invariable)
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]Alzheimer m or f (uncountable)
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]Alzheimer m (uncountable)
Further reading
[edit]- “Alzheimer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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