Cursor

See also: cursor

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cursor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkœrzər/, [ˈkœɐ̯zɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Cursor m (strong, genitive Cursors, plural Cursor)

1. (computing) cursor (icon of a pointing device)
2. (computing) cursor (icon indicating where the next insertion should take place)

Declension

Declension of Cursor [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Cursor	die	Cursor
genitive	eines	des	Cursors	der	Cursor
dative	einem	dem	Cursor	den	Cursor
accusative	einen	den	Cursor	die	Cursor

Synonyms

• (pointing device): Mauszeiger (specialist); Pfeil (informal)
• (insertion): Eingabemarkierung, Eingabezeiger, Eingabestrich (the last informal)

Further reading

• “Cursor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Cursor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Cursor” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

From cursor (“runner”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.sor/, [ˈkʊrs̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.sor/, [ˈkursor]

Proper noun

Cursor m sg (genitive Cursōris); third declension

1. a cognomen famously held by:
   1. Lucius Papirius Cursor, a Roman consul

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cursor
Genitive	Cursōris
Dative	Cursōrī
Accusative	Cursōrem
Ablative	Cursōre
Vocative	Cursor

References

• “Cursor2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cursor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.