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English
Etymology
From German Asperger.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Asperger (plural Aspergers)
- A surname from German.
- Hans Asperger, b. 1906
Derived terms
Noun
Asperger (plural Aspergers)
- 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.
Anagrams
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
- a surname from German
- Hans Asperger, b. 1906
Derived terms
Noun
Asperger
- someone who has Asperger's syndrome
German
Etymology
Asperg + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaspɛʁɡɐ/
- Hyphenation: As‧per‧ger
Noun
Asperger m (strong, genitive Aspergers, plural Asperger)
- resident of Asperg
- 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.
- (nonstandard) somebody who has Asperger's syndrome, Asperger.
Declension
Adjective
Asperger (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (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)
- a surname
- Hans Asperger, b. 1906
Declension
Derived terms
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