Singer

See also: singer

English

Etymology

The sewing machines were named after the company founder, I. M. Singer.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Singer

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. A railway station in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland, named after the Singer sewing machine factory that formerly existed there (OS grid ref NS4970).

Derived terms

• Atiyah-Singer index theorem
• Singerian

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辛格 (zh) (Xīngé)

• German: Singer
• Polish: Zynger
• Yiddish: זינגער (zinger)

Noun

Singer (plural Singers)

1. (sewing) A sewing machine of the Singer brand.
   • 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 288:

     They were ancient industrial Singers, made of iron and brass and strung with heavy cotton binding thread that fed like spider webs from spools perched on tall twin spindles.

2. A former make of British motor car.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Singer is the 1,366th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 25,828 individuals. Singer is most common among White (90.38%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Greins, Negris, nigres, re-nigs, re-sign, reigns, renigs, resign, resing, ringes, signer

German

Etymology

Middle High German singer, aequivalent to singen +‎ -er

Noun

Singer m (strong, genitive Singers, plural Singer)

1. (dated) singer

Declension

Declension of Singer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Singer	die	Singer
genitive	eines	des	Singers	der	Singer
dative	einem	dem	Singer	den	Singern
accusative	einen	den	Singer	die	Singer

Derived terms

• Singerin f

See also

• Sänger

Polish

Etymology

From German Singer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕiŋ.ɡɛr/
• Rhymes: -iŋɡɛr
• Syllabification: Sin‧ger

Proper noun

Singer m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Singer

	singular	plural
nominative	Singer	Singerowie
genitive	Singera	Singerów
dative	Singerowi	Singerom
accusative	Singera	Singerów
instrumental	Singerem	Singerami
locative	Singerze	Singerach
vocative	Singerze	Singerowie

Proper noun

Singer f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Derived terms

• Singerowa
• Singerówna

 

See also

• Appendix:Polish surnames

Romanian

Etymology

From sânger.

Proper noun

Singer m (genitive/dative lui Singer)

1. a surname

References

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎^[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică