Sänger

== 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/ Hyphenation: Sän‧ger === Noun === Sänger m (strong, genitive Sängers, plural Sänger, diminutive Sängerchen n or Sängerlein n, feminine Sängerin) agent noun of singen; singer (person who sings, often regularly or professionally) (specifically) singer (male or unspecified) 1842, F. S. Gassner (ed.), Zeitschrift für Deutschlands Musikvereine und Dilettanten. Zweiter Band, Carlsruhe (now Karlsruhe), p.13: 2014 (6th-8th november), Bernd Riedel, Herausforderung für die Sänger, Hannoversche Allgemeine ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Proper noun === Sänger m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Sängers or (with an article) Sänger, feminine genitive Sänger, plural Sängers or Sänger) a surname === Further reading === “Sänger”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Sänger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Sänger” in Duden online