Asperger

From German Asperger.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæspɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/

Asperger (plural Aspergers)

1. A surname from German.

   Hans Asperger, b. 1906

Asperger (plural Aspergers)

1. Somebody who has Asperger's syndrome.
   • 2014, Sarah Patten, What to Feed an Asperger: How to go from 3 foods to 300 with love, patience:

     Breakfast – literally to break the night-time fast – is the most important meal of the day, but it is ten times more so for an Asperger.

• presager

Borrowed from German Asperger.

• IPA^(key): /as.pɛʁ.ɡəʁ/, /as.pɛʁ.ʒəʁ/, (Québec) /as.pɛʁ.ʒɛʁ/

Asperger m or f

1. a surname from German

   Hans Asperger, b. 1906

Asperger

1. someone who has Asperger's syndrome

Asperg +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaspɛʁɡɐ/
• Hyphenation: As‧per‧ger

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Asperger m (strong, genitive Aspergers, plural Asperger)

1. resident of Asperg
2. Ellipsis of Asperger-Syndrom (“Asperger's syndrome”).

Asperger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Asperg

• Words like this are indeclinable adjectives in modern German, as noted by the Duden, DWDS and other modern references. They originated as genitive plurals of substantives, as noted by 18th century grammarian Johann Christoph Adelung and 19th century linguist Hermann Möller: e.g. Berliner Pfannkuchen = Pfannkuchen der Berliner = "pancake of the Berliners". See -er.

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

1. a surname

   Hans Asperger, b. 1906

• “Asperger” in Duden online