Sänger

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See also: sanger, Sanger, Saenger, sânger, and sånger

German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German senger, from Old High German sangāri; Sang +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (most of Germany) IPA(key): /ˈzɛŋɐ/
  • (some of southern Germany and Austria) IPA(key): /ˈsɛŋɐ/
  • (Switzerland, some of Bavaria and Austria) IPA(key): /ˈsɛŋər/
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  • Hyphenation: Sän‧ger

Noun

Sänger m (strong, genitive Sängers, plural Sänger, diminutive Sängerchen n or Sängerlein n, feminine Sängerin)

  1. agent noun of singen; singer (person who sings, often regularly or professionally)
    1. (specifically) singer (male or unspecified)
    • 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!
      Most singers, of both genders, pronounce the words in such a way, that one often cannot recognise in which language they are singing!
    • 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.
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Proper noun

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

  1. a surname

Further reading

  • Sänger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Sänger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Sänger” in Duden online