Chirurg

15th century, from Latin chīrūrgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós).

• IPA^(key): /çiˈrʊrk/, [çiˈʁʊʁk], [çɪ-], [-ˈʁʊɐ̯k] (Germany)

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• IPA^(key): /kiˈrʊrk/, [-ˈʁʊʁk], [-ˈʁʊɐ̯k] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ʃiˈrʊrk/ (often in central Germany)
• IPA^(key): /çiˈrʊrç/ (northern and central Germany, dated in this particular word)

Chirurg m (weak or mixed, genitive Chirurgen or (nonstandard but common) Chirurgs, plural Chirurgen, feminine Chirurgin)

1. surgeon (kind of doctor, male or of unspecified sex)

• Chirurgie
• chirurgisch

• → Czech: chirurg
• → Danish: kirurg
• → Dutch: chirurg
  • Afrikaans: chirurg
• → Estonian: kirurg
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kirurg
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kirurg
• → Polish: chirurg
• → Romanian: chirurg
• → Swedish: kirurg

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

From Latin chīrūrgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós).

Chirurg m (plural Chirurgen, feminine Chirurgin)

1. surgeon