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German
Etymology
From Uranus + -ing. Coined by German jurist, writer and gay rights activist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʊʁnɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: Ur‧ning
Noun
Urning m (strong, genitive Urnings, plural Urninge)
- (dated, rare) homosexual man
- Synonyms: Homosexueller, (dated) Homosexualer, Uranier, Uranist
- Antonym: Stino
- Coordinate term: Dioning
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “Urning” in Duden online
- “Urning” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Urning” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon