Winter
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Wintour
Proper noun
Winter (countable and uncountable, plural Winters)
- (countable) A surname from the Germanic languages.
- (countable) A unisex given name
- A placename
- An unincorporated community in Senlac Rural Municipality No. 411, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.
- A small town and village in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States.
- The personification of winter, wintertime
- (poetry) Alternative form of winter
Derived terms
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Anagrams
Bavarian
Alternative forms
Noun
Winter
See also
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Winter m anim (female equivalent Winterová)
- a male surname from German
Declension
Further reading
- “Winter”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
Dutch
Etymology
Literally, “winter”.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Winter
- a surname
German
Etymology
From Middle High German winder, winter, from Old High German wintar, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz. Compare Dutch winter, English winter, Danish vinter.
Pronunciation
Noun
Winter m (strong, genitive Winters, plural Winter)
Declension
Declension of Winter
Derived terms
- Frostwinter
- Hungerwinter
- Jahrhundertwinter
- Kältewinter
- Kriegswinter
- Mittwinter
- Schneewinter
- Spätwinter
- Winterabend
- Winteranfang
- Winterbiene
- Winterende
- Winterferien
- Winterfest
- Winterjacke
- Winterkälte
- Winterkleid
- Winterkleidung
- Winterluft
- Wintermantel
- Wintermonat
- Wintermütze
- Winterpullover
- Winterreifen
- Winterruhe
- Wintersachen
- Winterschal
- Winterschlaf
- Winterschuh
- Wintersturm
- Winterurlaub
- Wintervergnügen
- Wintervogel
- Winterweizen
- Winterwetter
- Winterzauber
- Winterzeit
See also
- (seasons) Jahreszeit; Frühjahr/Frühling, Sommer, Herbst, Winter (Category: de:Seasons)
| Seasons in German · Jahreszeiten (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Frühjahr (“spring”), Frühling (“spring”), Lenz (“spring”) | Sommer (“summer”) | Herbst (“autumn”), Spätling (“autumn”) | Winter (“winter”) |
Proper noun
Winter m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Winters or (with an article) Winter, feminine genitive Winter, plural Winters or Winter)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Winter
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Winter | (eine) | (die) | Winter | (die) | Winters, Winter |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Winters, Winter1 | (einer) | (der) | Winter | (der) | Winters, Winter |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Winter | (einer) | (der) | Winter | (den) | Winters, Winter |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Winter | (eine) | (die) | Winter | (die) | Winters, Winter |
1With an article.
Related terms
Further reading
- “Winter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Winter” in Duden online
- “Winter” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Winter”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Winter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German winder, winter, from Old High German wintar, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.
Pronunciation
Noun
Winter m (plural Winter)
- winter
- Im Winter werd-s aarich kalt.
- In winter it gets very cold.
See also
| Seasons in Hunsrik · Johreszeide (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Frihling (“spring”) | Sommer, Summer (“summer”) | Herrebst (“autumn”) | Winter (“winter”) |
Further reading
Old English
Etymology
From the noun winter.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Winter m
- a male given name
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Winterton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈwinteɾ/
- Rhymes: -inteɾ
- Syllabification: Win‧ter
Proper noun
Winter (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)
- a unisex given name from English