Alzheimer

== English == === Noun === Alzheimer (plural Alzheimers) (medicine, rare) Somebody with Alzheimer's disease. For quotations using this term, see Citations:Alzheimer. ==== Derived terms ==== == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaltshaɪ̯mər/, [ˈʔalt͡sˌhaɪ̯.mɐ], (more casual) [ˈʔal.t͡saɪ̯.mɐ] Hyphenation: Alz‧hei‧mer === Etymology 1 === A form of Altesheim (“old hamlet”) +‎ -er; see altes and Heim. ==== Proper noun ==== Alzheimer m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Alzheimers or (with an article) Alzheimer, plural Alzheimers or Alzheimer) a surname === Etymology 2 === Named after Alois Alzheimer. ==== Noun ==== Alzheimer n or m (strong, genitive Alzheimers or Alzheimer, no plural) Alzheimer's disease Synonyms: Alzheimer-Krankheit, Alzheimersche Krankheit; Alzheimer-Erkrankung, Alzheimersche Erkrankung; Alzheimer-Syndrom, Alzheimersches Syndrom ===== Usage notes ===== Alzheimer is the usual form in German and is not particularly informal. The compounds listed are used chiefly for clarity. In formal style they are also preferable when the word is construed with a determiner or adjective. Thus, eine schwere Alzheimer-Erkrankung (“a grave form of Alzheimer's disease”), for which less formally also schweres Alzheimer (or for some speakers schwerer Alzheimer). ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Bulgarian: алцхаймер (alchajmer) → Russian: Альцге́ймер (Alʹcgéjmer) → Chinese: 阿爾茨海默 / 阿尔茨海默 (Āěrcíhǎimò) (transliteration) === References === === Further reading === “Alzheimer”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Alzheimer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Alzheimer” in Duden online == Italian == === Noun === Alzheimer m (invariable) (medicine) Alzheimer's disease == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === alzheimer === Pronunciation === === Noun === Alzheimer m (uncountable) ellipsis of mal de Alzheimer: Alzheimer's == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈθeimeɾ/ [al̟ˈθei̯.meɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /alˈseimeɾ/ [alˈsei̯.meɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eimeɾ IPA(key): /ˈaltshajma/ [ˈal̪t̪shai̯.ma] Rhymes: -altshajma Syllabification: Alz‧hei‧mer === Noun === Alzheimer m (uncountable) ellipsis of enfermedad de Alzheimer === Further reading === “Alzheimer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025