Urning
See also: urning
German edit
Etymology edit
From Uranus + -ing. Coined by German jurist, writer and gay rights activist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Urning m (strong, genitive Urnings, plural Urninge)
- (dated, rare) homosexual man
- Synonyms: Homosexueller, (dated) Homosexualer, Uranier, Uranist
- Antonym: Stino
- Coordinate term: Dioning
- 1889, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, “Homosexuale oder Urninge”, in Psychopathia Sexualis, page 107:
- Der Urning liebt, vergöttert den männlichen Geliebten geradeso wie der weibliebende Mann die Geliebte.
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Declension edit
Declension of Urning [masculine, strong]
Descendants edit
- → English: urning