Widersacher
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German widersache, from Old High German widersahho, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþrasakō. The final -r is due to influence of the suffix -er, which is often used for agent nouns.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
editWidersacher m (strong, genitive Widersachers, plural Widersacher, feminine Widersacherin)
Declension
editDeclension of Widersacher [masculine, strong]
References
edit- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Widersacher”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- “Widersacher” in Duden online
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