See also: autor

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From New Latin autor, from Latin auctor.[1] See there for more. Compare English author, French auteur.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯toːɐ̯/
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Noun edit

Autor m (mixed or weak, genitive Autors or (rare, proscribed) Autoren, plural Autoren, feminine Autorin)

  1. author [since 2nd half of 15th c.][1]
    Synonyms: Urheber, Verfasser, Schriftsteller
    Antonym: Plagiator

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Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Autor”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading edit

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