Dreißiger

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

dreißig (“thirty”) +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʁaɪ̯sɪɡɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Drei‧ßi‧ger
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Noun

Dreißiger m (strong, genitive Dreißigers, plural Dreißiger)

  1. Anything defined by the number thirty, especially:
    1. A bus, train, etc. with that number.
    2. A player, candidate, etc. with that number.
    3. (in the plural) The thirties of a given century.
    4. (in the plural) The thirties of a given life.
    5. A person in their thirties.
    6. (historical) A person, especially a liberal intellectual, who left Germany and came to the United States in the 1830s to escape political repression.

Declension
Declension of Dreißiger [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Dreißiger die Dreißiger
genitive eines des Dreißigers der Dreißiger
dative einem dem Dreißiger den Dreißigern
accusative einen den Dreißiger die Dreißiger

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