Organ

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See also: organ, orgán, and òrgan

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From organ, a metonymic occupational surname for a player of a musical instrument.

Proper noun

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Organ (countable and uncountable, plural Organs)

  1. A surname.
  2. A census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Organ is the 12696th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2431 individuals. Organ is most common among White (84.04%) and Black/African American (10.04%) individuals.

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Anagrams

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French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Occitan Organ.
(Village): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Proper noun

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Organ m

  1. Organ (a village in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France)

Proper noun

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Organ m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Occitan

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oʁˈɡaːn/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
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  • Hyphenation: Or‧gan
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

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Organ n (strong, genitive Organes or Organs, plural Organe)

  1. (anatomy) an organ
    Die Haut ist unser größtes Organ.
    The skin is our largest organ.
  2. an organ, a publication (newspaper, etc) of an organization
    Das Witzblatt ist das Organ der Spaßpartei.
    The Joke Sheet is the organ of the Fun Party.
  3. an organ, a body or organization with a particular purpose or duty
  4. an organ, a part of a government, such as an office or ministry

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Czech: orgán

References

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Further reading

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  • Organ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Organ” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Organ” in Duden online
  • Organ on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de