Organ
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From organ, a metonymic occupational surname for a player of a musical instrument.
Proper noun
[edit]Organ (countable and uncountable, plural Organs)
Statistics
[edit]- 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.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Organ”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]- nagor, grano, angor, rango, groan, rag on, Goran, Ongar, Angor, Agron, argon, Garon, Rogan, Grano, Ragon, orang, Ronga
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Occitan Organ.
(Village): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).
Proper noun
[edit]Organ m
- Organ (a village in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France)
Proper noun
[edit]Organ m or f by sense
- a surname from Occitan
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Michel Grosclaude, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille gascons, Orthez, per noste, 2003, →ISBN, page 202
- Géoportail, Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière, 2019
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Organ n (strong, genitive Organes or Organs, plural Organe)
- (anatomy) an organ
- Die Haut ist unser größtes Organ.
- The skin is our largest organ.
- 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.
- an organ, a body or organization with a particular purpose or duty
- an organ, a part of a government, such as an office or ministry
Declension
[edit]Declension of Organ [neuter, strong]
Hyponyms
[edit]- (anatomy): Atmungsorgan, Fortpflanzungsorgan, Geruchsorgan, Geschlechtsorgan, Riechorgan, Verdauungsorgan
- (publication): Parteiorgan, Zentralorgan
- (law, administration): Aufsichtsorgan, Vereinsorgan, Verwaltungsorgan
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Czech: orgán
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Organ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Organ” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Organ” in Duden online
- Organ on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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