Röntgen
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proper noun
Röntgen
- A surname from German, notably of Wilhelm Röntgen.
Derived terms
- roentgen, röntgen
- Roentgen-ray, Röntgen ray
- roentgenize, Röntgenize
- roentgenate
- roentgenium
- roentgenogram, röntgenogram
- roentgenology, röntgenology
Anagrams
German
Etymology 1
Named after the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.
Pronunciation
Noun
Röntgen n (strong, genitive Röntgens, plural Röntgen)
Declension
Declension of Röntgen
Derived terms
- röntgenabsorbierend (“X-ray-absorbing”, adj)
- Röntgenbild n (“X-ray image”)
- Röntgendiagnostik f (“radiography”)
- Röntgenfilm m (“X-ray film”)
- Röntgenfluoreszenz f (“X-ray fluorescence”)
- Röntgengerät n (“X-ray machine”)
- Röntgenpraxis f (“X-ray practice”)
- Röntgenröhre f (“X-ray tube”)
- Röntgenspektrum n (“X-ray spectrum”)
- Röntgenstrahl m (“X-ray beam”)
- Röntgenstrahlung f (“X-ray radiation”)
Etymology 2
Frisian diminutive of Hieronymus.[1]
Proper noun
Röntgen m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Röntgens or (with an article) Röntgen, feminine genitive Röntgen, plural Röntgens or Röntgen)
- a surname, notably of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Declension
Declension of Röntgen
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Röntgen | (eine) | (die) | Röntgen | (die) | Röntgens, Röntgen |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Röntgens, Röntgen1 | (einer) | (der) | Röntgen | (der) | Röntgens, Röntgen |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Röntgen | (einer) | (der) | Röntgen | (den) | Röntgens, Röntgen |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Röntgen | (eine) | (die) | Röntgen | (die) | Röntgens, Röntgen |
1With an article.
References
- ^ Hans Bahlow (1967) “Röntgen, Röntjen”, in Deutsches Namenlexikon: Familien- und Vornamen nach Ursprung und Sinn erklärt (in German), Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Verlag, published 1972: “fries. KF. wie Böntjen, Büntgens! Ronymus s. Hieronymus!”