Single
See also: single
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English sengel (“brushwood; burnt clearing”), a topographic surname for someone who lived by a brushwood.
Proper noun
editSingle (plural Singles)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Single is the 41886th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 519 individuals. Single is most common among White (88.44%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Single”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
editEtymology
editIn all senses from English single. The pronunciation is without /ɡ/ because German allows the cluster /ŋɡ/ only before full vowels, not before /ə/. The feminine gender of the musical sense is probably after Schallplatte f.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSingle f (genitive Single, plural Singles)
Declension
editDeclension of Single [feminine]
Noun
editSingle m (strong, genitive Singles or Single, plural Singles or Single)
Usage notes
edit- Not used in German to mean “unmarried”. For that, see ledig, unverheiratet (and nominalisations thereof). Single also generally implies an openness for romantic or sexual relations, so it would not commonly be used of someone living in celibacy, or of a widow(er) in their 80s. The usual word for “living alone without a family” is alleinstehend.
- The normal plural is Singles. Chiefly colloquially it may also be unchanged Single. Note, however, that the dative plural den Singlen, while unproblematic in speech, is awkward in writing (compare the same in the word Bachelor).
Declension
editDeclension of Single [masculine, strong]
Noun
editSingle n (strong, genitive Singles or Single, plural Singles)
Declension
editDeclension of Single [neuter, strong]
Further reading
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- German terms borrowed from English
- German terms derived from English
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
- de:Music
- German masculine nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Tennis