Sänger
German
Etymology
From Middle High German senger, from Old High German sangāri; Sang + -er.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Sänger m (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 sex)
- 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!
- 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.
Declension
Derived terms
Proper noun
Sänger
- a surname
Further reading
- “Sänger” in Duden online
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms suffixed with -er
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- German terms with audio pronunciation
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- German nouns
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