Wigner

English

Etymology

Attestation is claimed of the surname in 14th-century England (Yorkshire) (i.e., in the Middle English period); apparently from Anglo-Saxon (Old English). Compare Wagner, Wagoner.
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Proper noun

Wigner

1. A surname from Anglo-Saxon or other Germanic
   1. (physics, attributive usage) Hungarian-born American physicist Eugene Wigner.

Derived terms

• Wigner crystal
• Wigner effect
• Wigner's friend

See also

• Wagner
• Waggoner
• Wagoner
• Wiggoner
• Wigoner

German

Proper noun

Wigner m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Wigners or (with an article) Wigner, feminine genitive Wigner, plural Wigners or Wigner)

1. a surname

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈviɡnɛr]
• Hyphenation: Wig‧ner
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Proper noun

Wigner

1. A surname.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Wigner	Wignerek
accusative	Wignert	Wignereket
dative	Wignernek	Wignereknek
instrumental	Wignerrel	Wignerekkel
causal-final	Wignerért	Wignerekért
translative	Wignerré	Wignerekké
terminative	Wignerig	Wignerekig
essive-formal	Wignerként	Wignerekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Wignerben	Wignerekben
superessive	Wigneren	Wignereken
adessive	Wignernél	Wignereknél
illative	Wignerbe	Wignerekbe
sublative	Wignerre	Wignerekre
allative	Wignerhez	Wignerekhez
elative	Wignerből	Wignerekből
delative	Wignerről	Wignerekről
ablative	Wignertől	Wignerektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	Wigneré	Wignereké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Wigneréi	Wignerekéi

Possessive forms of Wigner
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Wignerem	Wignereim
2nd person sing.	Wignered	Wignereid
3rd person sing.	Wignere	Wignerei
1st person plural	Wignerünk	Wignereink
2nd person plural	Wigneretek	Wignereitek
3rd person plural	Wignerük	Wignereik