Dreißiger

German

Alternative forms

• Dreissiger (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)

Etymology

dreißig (“thirty”) +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʁaɪ̯sɪɡɐ/
• Hyphenation: Drei‧ßi‧ger

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Noun

Dreißiger m (strong, genitive Dreißigers, plural Dreißiger)

1. Anything defined by the number thirty, especially:
   1. A bus, train, etc. with that number.
   2. A player, candidate, etc. with that number.
   3. (in the plural) The thirties of a given century.
   4. (in the plural) The thirties of a given life.
   5. A person in their thirties.
   6. (historical) A person, especially a liberal intellectual, who left Germany and came to the United States in the 1830s to escape political repression.

Declension

Declension of Dreißiger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dreißiger	die	Dreißiger
genitive	eines	des	Dreißigers	der	Dreißiger
dative	einem	dem	Dreißiger	den	Dreißigern
accusative	einen	den	Dreißiger	die	Dreißiger

Further reading

• “Dreißiger” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Dreißiger” in Duden online
• “Dreißiger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache