Asperger

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English

Etymology

From German Asperger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæspɜː(ɹ)ɡɚ/

Proper noun

Asperger (plural Aspergers)

  1. A surname from German.
    Hans Asperger, b. 1906

Derived terms

Noun

Asperger (plural Aspergers)

  1. Somebody who has Asperger's syndrome.
    • 2014, Sarah Patten, What to Feed an Asperger: How to go from 3 foods to 300 with love, patience:
      Breakfast – literally to break the night-time fast – is the most important meal of the day, but it is ten times more so for an Asperger.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Asperger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.pɛʁ.ɡəʁ/, /as.pɛʁ.ʒəʁ/, (Québec) /as.pɛʁ.ʒɛʁ/

Proper noun

Asperger m or f

  1. a surname from German
    Hans Asperger, b. 1906

Derived terms

Noun

Asperger

  1. someone who has Asperger's syndrome

German

Etymology

Asperg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaspɛʁɡɐ/
  • Hyphenation: As‧per‧ger
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Noun

Asperger m (strong, genitive Aspergers, plural Asperger)

  1. resident of Asperg
  2. ellipsis of Asperger-Syndrom (Asperger's syndrome)
    • 2022, Verena “Sieglinde” G, Unterwegs mit dem Asperger-Syndrom, 2nd edition, Göppingen: Manuela Kinzel Verlag, →ISBN, page 10:
      Der Asperger ist mein Begleiter, den ich nicht wie Schmutz von meinem Körper in der Dusche entfernen kann.
      Asperger's accompanies me in such a manner that I could not, as I could with soil, just scrub it off my body.
  3. (nonstandard) somebody who has Asperger's syndrome, Asperger.

Declension

Adjective

Asperger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Asperg

Usage notes

  • Words like this are considered indeclinable adjectives, as noted by Duden, DWDS and other modern German references, but are capitalized because they originated as genitive plurals of substantives. See -er for more.

Proper noun

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

  1. a surname
    Hans Asperger, b. 1906

Declension

Derived terms

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