Widersacher

German

Etymology

From 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

Widersacher m (strong, genitive Widersachers, plural Widersacher, feminine Widersacherin)

  1. adversary

Declension

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

References

  1. ^ 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

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