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

Declension of Asperger
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Asperger die Asperger
genitive eines des Aspergers der Asperger
dative einem dem Asperger den Aspergern
accusative einen den Asperger die Asperger

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

Declension of Asperger
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Asperger (eine) (die) Asperger (die) Aspergers, Asperger
genitive (eines) (des) Aspergers, Asperger1 (einer) (der) Asperger (der) Aspergers, Asperger
dative (einem) (dem) Asperger (einer) (der) Asperger (den) Aspergers, Asperger
accusative (einen) (den) Asperger (eine) (die) Asperger (die) Aspergers, Asperger

1With an article.

Derived terms

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