Sammler

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sammler.

Proper noun

Sammler

  1. A surname from German.
    • 1970, Saul Bellow, chapter 1, in Mr. Sammler’s Planet‎[1], Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, published 1971, page 8:
      For several days, Mr. Sammler returning on the customary bus late afternoons from the Forty-second Street Library had been watching a pickpocket at work […] Mr. Sammler if he had not been a tall straphanger would not with his one good eye have seen these things happening.

German

Etymology

From sammeln (“to collect”) +‎ -er (“-er”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzamlɐ/
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  • Hyphenation: Samm‧ler

Noun

Sammler m (strong, genitive Sammlers, plural Sammler, feminine Sammlerin)

  1. agent noun of sammeln
    1. (person who collects) collector
    2. gatherer

Declension

Declension of Sammler [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Sammler die Sammler
genitive eines des Sammlers der Sammler
dative einem dem Sammler den Sammlern
accusative einen den Sammler die Sammler

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also

  • Horter
  • Anhäufer

Further reading

  • “Sammler” in Duden online
  • “Sammler” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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