Alzheimer
English edit
Noun edit
Alzheimer (plural Alzheimers)
- (medicine, rare) Somebody with Alzheimer's disease.
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Alzheimer.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
A form of Altesheim (“old hamlet”)[1] + -er; see altes and Heim.
Proper noun edit
Alzheimer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Alzheimers or (with an article) Alzheimer, feminine genitive Alzheimer, plural Alzheimers or Alzheimer)
- a surname
Etymology 2 edit
Named after Alois Alzheimer.
Noun edit
Alzheimer n or m (strong, genitive Alzheimers or Alzheimer, no plural)
Usage notes edit
- Alzheimer is the usual form in German and is not particularly informal. The compounds below 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 edit
Declension of Alzheimer [sg-only, neuter // masculine, strong]
Descendants edit
- → Bulgarian: алцхаймер (alchajmer)
References edit
Further reading edit
Italian edit
Noun edit
Alzheimer m (invariable)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Alzheimer m or f (uncountable)
Spanish edit
Noun edit
Alzheimer m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “Alzheimer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014