Chirurg

See also: chirurg

German

Etymology

15th century, from Latin chīrūrgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çiˈrʊrk/, [çiˈʁʊʁk], [çɪ-], [-ˈʁʊɐ̯k] (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /kiˈrʊrk/ (southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ʃiˈrʊrk/ (often in central Germany)
• IPA^(key): /çiˈrʊrç/ (northern and central Germany, dated in this particular word)

Noun

Chirurg m (weak or mixed, genitive Chirurgen or (nonstandard but common) Chirurgs, plural Chirurgen, feminine Chirurgin)

1. surgeon (kind of doctor, male or of unspecified sex)

Declension

Declension of Chirurg [masculine, weak // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Chirurg	die	Chirurgen
genitive	eines	des	Chirurgen, Chirurgs1	der	Chirurgen
dative	einem	dem	Chirurgen, Chirurg1	den	Chirurgen
accusative	einen	den	Chirurgen, Chirurg1	die	Chirurgen

¹Nonstandard but common.

Related terms

• Chirurgie
• chirurgisch

Descendants

• → Czech: chirurg
• → Danish: kirurg
• → Dutch: chirurg
  • Afrikaans: chirurg
• → Estonian: kirurg
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kirurg
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kirurg
• → Polish: chirurg
• → Romanian: chirurg
• → Swedish: kirurg

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Latin chīrūrgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós).

Noun

Chirurg m (plural Chirurgen, feminine Chirurgin)

1. surgeon