Eigentümer

German

Etymology

Eigentum +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯ɡəntyːmɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Ei‧gen‧tü‧mer

Noun

Eigentümer m (strong, genitive Eigentümers, plural Eigentümer, feminine Eigentümerin)

1. the one who in general has the right to do as he will with a corporeal object and exclude others from it

Usage notes

Common translations of the term are owner and proprietor, however it is important to note that the restricted usage does not allow for it to be used with the same objects as these terms are in English and equivalent usage is barely idiomatic even colloquially: A Marke f (“brand, trade-mark”) — as distinguished from its “stamp” meaning – can only have an Inhaber, and the compound Markeneigentümer occurs in business administration but is inacceptable in legal parlance.

Declension

Declension of Eigentümer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Eigentümer	die	Eigentümer
genitive	eines	des	Eigentümers	der	Eigentümer
dative	einem	dem	Eigentümer	den	Eigentümern
accusative	einen	den	Eigentümer	die	Eigentümer

Noun

Eigentümer

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Eigentum

Further reading

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